Afton, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1900595, place: Afton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 235 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (4.68%)
Kindergarten: 12 (5.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 114 (48.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (25.96%)
College or graduate school: 37 (15.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 609 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (7.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 54 (8.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 281 (46.14%)
Some college, no degree: 134 (22%)
Associate degree: 35 (5.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 41 (6.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (2.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 733 (100%)
Never married: 171 (23.33%)
Now married, except separated: 411 (56.07%)
Separated: 6 (0.82%)
Total Widowed: 71 (9.69%)
Widowed Female: 59 (8.05%)
Total Divorced: 74 (10.1%)
Divorced Female: 43 (5.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (47.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 684 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 87 (12.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 203 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (8.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 475 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (21.26%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 374 (78.74%)
----Percent employed: 85%
Population 65 years and over: 178 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (47.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 856 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 421 (49.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 426 (49.77%)
--Same county: 243 (28.39%)
--Different county: 183 (21.38%)
----Same state: 91 (10.63%)
----Different state: 92 (10.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (1.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 943 (100%)
Native: 927 (98.3%)
--Born in United States: 926 (100%)
----State of residence: 765 (81.12%)
----Different state: 161 (17.07%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.11%)
Foreign born: 16 (1.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (1.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (1.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 3 (18.75%)
Asia: 2 (12.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (62.5%)
Northern America: 1 (6.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 856 (100%)
English only: 831 (97.08%)
Language other than English: 25 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (1.64%)
--Spanish: 17 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 943 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 688% (72.96%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.95%)
Danish: 7 (0.74%)
Dutch: 14 (1.48%)
English: 72 (7.64%)
French (except Basque): 11 (1.17%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.11%)
German: 227 (24.07%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 118 (12.51%)
Italian: 13 (1.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (2.76%)
Polish: 2 (0.21%)
Portuguese: 1 (0.11%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.48%)
Scottish: 4 (0.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 23 (2.44%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 85 (9.01%)
Welsh: 4 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 57 (6.04%)

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