Akron, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1900775, place: Akron city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 331 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (6.65%)
Kindergarten: 17 (5.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 167 (50.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 90 (27.19%)
College or graduate school: 35 (10.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,047 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 100 (9.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 89 (8.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 458 (43.74%)
Some college, no degree: 195 (18.62%)
Associate degree: 66 (6.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 106 (10.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (3.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,224 (100%)
Never married: 225 (18.38%)
Now married, except separated: 743 (60.7%)
Separated: 11 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 148 (12.09%)
Widowed Female: 115 (9.4%)
Total Divorced: 97 (7.92%)
Divorced Female: 61 (4.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (58.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,141 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 171 (14.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 321 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (10.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 689 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (11.76%)
----Percent employed: 48.1%
--No disability: 608 (88.24%)
----Percent employed: 90.8%
Population 65 years and over: 410 (100%)
--With a disability: 145 (35.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,424 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 919 (64.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 500 (35.11%)
--Same county: 350 (24.58%)
--Different county: 150 (10.53%)
----Same state: 51 (3.58%)
----Different state: 99 (6.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,501 (100%)
Native: 1,483 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 1,481 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,106 (73.68%)
----Different state: 375 (24.98%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 18 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.93%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 9 (50%)
Asia: 5 (27.78%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (11.11%)
Northern America: 2 (11.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,424 (100%)
English only: 1,378 (96.77%)
Language other than English: 46 (3.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.77%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (2.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,501 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,754% (116.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (0.93%)
Danish: 64 (4.26%)
Dutch: 71 (4.73%)
English: 158 (10.53%)
French (except Basque): 55 (3.66%)
French Canadian: 23 (1.53%)
German: 649 (43.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.53%)
Irish: 222 (14.79%)
Italian: 14 (0.93%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 132 (8.79%)
Polish: 10 (0.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (1.07%)
Scottish: 27 (1.8%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 100 (6.66%)
Swiss: 7 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 100 (6.66%)
Welsh: 8 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 66 (4.4%)

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