Ackley, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1900190, place: Ackley city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 390 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (5.9%)
Kindergarten: 23 (5.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 183 (46.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 113 (28.97%)
College or graduate school: 48 (12.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,309 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 228 (17.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 114 (8.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 429 (32.77%)
Some college, no degree: 243 (18.56%)
Associate degree: 106 (8.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 133 (10.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 56 (4.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,504 (100%)
Never married: 292 (19.41%)
Now married, except separated: 927 (61.64%)
Separated: 2 (0.13%)
Total Widowed: 200 (13.3%)
Widowed Female: 175 (11.64%)
Total Divorced: 83 (5.52%)
Divorced Female: 45 (2.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (81.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,412 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 207 (14.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 366 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (5.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 861 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (16.14%)
----Percent employed: 57.6%
--No disability: 722 (83.86%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 387 (100%)
--With a disability: 135 (34.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,720 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,040 (60.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 639 (37.15%)
--Same county: 294 (17.09%)
--Different county: 345 (20.06%)
----Same state: 235 (13.66%)
----Different state: 110 (6.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (2.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,827 (100%)
Native: 1,691 (92.56%)
--Born in United States: 1,683 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,514 (82.87%)
----Different state: 169 (9.25%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 136 (7.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 94 (5.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (1.81%)
--Not a citizen: 103 (5.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 136 (100%)
Europe: 10 (7.35%)
Asia: 8 (5.88%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 118 (86.76%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,720 (100%)
English only: 1,518 (88.26%)
Language other than English: 202 (11.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 117 (6.8%)
--Spanish: 165 (9.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (6.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,827 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,780% (97.43%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (0.66%)
Danish: 20 (1.09%)
Dutch: 84 (4.6%)
English: 111 (6.08%)
French (except Basque): 20 (1.09%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.11%)
German: 990 (54.19%)
Greek: 2 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 121 (6.62%)
Italian: 8 (0.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 61 (3.34%)
Polish: 7 (0.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (0.77%)
Scottish: 5 (0.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (1.04%)
Swiss: 2 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 111 (6.08%)
Welsh: 1 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 188 (10.29%)

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