Alexander, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1901090, place: Alexander city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 21 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 3 (14.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13 (61.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2 (9.52%)
College or graduate school: 3 (14.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 129 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (8.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 13 (10.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 69 (53.49%)
Some college, no degree: 26 (20.16%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 10 (7.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 147 (100%)
Never married: 28 (19.05%)
Now married, except separated: 89 (60.54%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 17 (11.56%)
Widowed Female: 12 (8.16%)
Total Divorced: 13 (8.84%)
Divorced Female: 7 (4.76%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 143 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 25 (17.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 25 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (20%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 85 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (10.59%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 76 (89.41%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 53 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (30.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 163 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 130 (79.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 27 (16.56%)
--Same county: 6 (3.68%)
--Different county: 21 (12.88%)
----Same state: 10 (6.13%)
----Different state: 11 (6.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (3.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 172 (100%)
Native: 157 (91.28%)
--Born in United States: 157 (100%)
----State of residence: 142 (82.56%)
----Different state: 15 (8.72%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 15 (8.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (5.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (5.23%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (3.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 6 (40%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (60%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 163 (100%)
English only: 154 (94.48%)
Language other than English: 9 (5.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (3.68%)
--Spanish: 9 (5.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (3.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 172 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 155% (90.12%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (3.49%)
Dutch: 12 (6.98%)
English: 11 (6.4%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 2 (1.16%)
German: 73 (42.44%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 2 (1.16%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (1.16%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (1.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 26 (15.12%)
Welsh: 2 (1.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 17 (9.88%)

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