Algona, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1901135, place: Algona city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,402 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 92 (6.56%)
Kindergarten: 79 (5.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 575 (41.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 443 (31.6%)
College or graduate school: 213 (15.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,909 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 340 (8.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 333 (8.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,287 (32.92%)
Some college, no degree: 969 (24.79%)
Associate degree: 351 (8.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 459 (11.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 170 (4.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,654 (100%)
Never married: 994 (21.36%)
Now married, except separated: 2,661 (57.18%)
Separated: 23 (0.49%)
Total Widowed: 619 (13.3%)
Widowed Female: 552 (11.86%)
Total Divorced: 357 (7.67%)
Divorced Female: 190 (4.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (26.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,322 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 677 (15.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,250 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (8.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,902 (100%)
--With a disability: 453 (15.61%)
----Percent employed: 49.4%
--No disability: 2,449 (84.39%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,069 (100%)
--With a disability: 411 (38.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,392 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,181 (58.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,204 (40.88%)
--Same county: 1,306 (24.22%)
--Different county: 898 (16.65%)
----Same state: 527 (9.77%)
----Different state: 371 (6.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,719 (100%)
Native: 5,636 (98.55%)
--Born in United States: 5,626 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,671 (81.68%)
----Different state: 955 (16.7%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.17%)
Foreign born: 83 (1.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 48 (0.84%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 83 (100%)
Europe: 17 (20.48%)
Asia: 29 (34.94%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (37.35%)
Northern America: 6 (7.23%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,392 (100%)
English only: 5,220 (96.81%)
Language other than English: 172 (3.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.72%)
--Spanish: 92 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 58 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,719 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,274% (109.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 38 (0.66%)
Danish: 184 (3.22%)
Dutch: 108 (1.89%)
English: 476 (8.32%)
French (except Basque): 140 (2.45%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.21%)
German: 2,922 (51.09%)
Greek: 14 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.19%)
Irish: 555 (9.7%)
Italian: 28 (0.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 565 (9.88%)
Polish: 91 (1.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 73 (1.28%)
Scottish: 130 (2.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 180 (3.15%)
Swiss: 74 (1.29%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 324 (5.67%)
Welsh: 15 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 334 (5.84%)

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