Adel, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1900505, place: Adel city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 949 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 79 (8.32%)
Kindergarten: 48 (5.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 471 (49.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 242 (25.5%)
College or graduate school: 109 (11.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,197 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 68 (3.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 191 (8.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 730 (33.23%)
Some college, no degree: 541 (24.62%)
Associate degree: 219 (9.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 358 (16.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 90 (4.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,654 (100%)
Never married: 679 (25.58%)
Now married, except separated: 1,429 (53.84%)
Separated: 24 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 227 (8.55%)
Widowed Female: 188 (7.08%)
Total Divorced: 295 (11.12%)
Divorced Female: 207 (7.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,446 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 282 (11.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 834 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (11.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,850 (100%)
--With a disability: 238 (12.86%)
----Percent employed: 55.9%
--No disability: 1,612 (87.14%)
----Percent employed: 85.7%
Population 65 years and over: 433 (100%)
--With a disability: 135 (31.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,190 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,849 (57.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,316 (41.25%)
--Same county: 745 (23.35%)
--Different county: 571 (17.9%)
----Same state: 439 (13.76%)
----Different state: 132 (4.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (0.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,418 (100%)
Native: 3,366 (98.48%)
--Born in United States: 3,361 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,759 (80.72%)
----Different state: 602 (17.61%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 52 (1.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 32 (0.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 46 (1.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 52 (100%)
Europe: 7 (13.46%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 25 (48.08%)
Northern America: 20 (38.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,190 (100%)
English only: 3,089 (96.83%)
Language other than English: 101 (3.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.6%)
--Spanish: 66 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,418 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,721% (108.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 68 (1.99%)
Danish: 127 (3.72%)
Dutch: 140 (4.1%)
English: 414 (12.11%)
French (except Basque): 66 (1.93%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.18%)
German: 1,177 (34.44%)
Greek: 17 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 446 (13.05%)
Italian: 45 (1.32%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 192 (5.62%)
Polish: 10 (0.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 117 (3.42%)
Scottish: 72 (2.11%)
Slovak: 5 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 188 (5.5%)
Swiss: 86 (2.52%)
Ukrainian: 34 (0.99%)
United States or American: 308 (9.01%)
Welsh: 5 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 192 (5.62%)

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