Alden, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1901045, place: Alden city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 271 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (6.64%)
Kindergarten: 16 (5.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 122 (45.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 86 (31.73%)
College or graduate school: 29 (10.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 556 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 31 (5.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 44 (7.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 273 (49.1%)
Some college, no degree: 85 (15.29%)
Associate degree: 70 (12.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 44 (7.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (1.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 686 (100%)
Never married: 156 (22.74%)
Now married, except separated: 399 (58.16%)
Separated: 11 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 75 (10.93%)
Widowed Female: 64 (9.33%)
Total Divorced: 45 (6.56%)
Divorced Female: 25 (3.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (77.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 631 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 94 (14.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 230 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (8.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 454 (100%)
--With a disability: 78 (17.18%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
--No disability: 376 (82.82%)
----Percent employed: 84.3%
Population 65 years and over: 144 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (35.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 828 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 566 (68.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 261 (31.52%)
--Same county: 180 (21.74%)
--Different county: 81 (9.78%)
----Same state: 43 (5.19%)
----Different state: 38 (4.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 887 (100%)
Native: 874 (98.53%)
--Born in United States: 872 (100%)
----State of residence: 765 (86.25%)
----Different state: 107 (12.06%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 13 (1.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (1.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (1.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 1 (7.69%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 12 (92.31%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 828 (100%)
English only: 783 (94.57%)
Language other than English: 45 (5.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.33%)
--Spanish: 38 (4.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 887 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 895% (100.9%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.34%)
Danish: 38 (4.28%)
Dutch: 31 (3.49%)
English: 43 (4.85%)
French (except Basque): 42 (4.74%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.34%)
German: 426 (48.03%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 89 (10.03%)
Italian: 2 (0.23%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 80 (9.02%)
Polish: 2 (0.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 7 (0.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (1.35%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 51 (5.75%)
Welsh: 10 (1.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 54 (6.09%)

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