Alta, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1901495, place: Alta city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 509 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (5.89%)
Kindergarten: 49 (9.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 267 (52.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 104 (20.43%)
College or graduate school: 59 (11.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,182 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 76 (6.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 75 (6.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 511 (43.23%)
Some college, no degree: 258 (21.83%)
Associate degree: 63 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 145 (12.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,410 (100%)
Never married: 310 (21.99%)
Now married, except separated: 812 (57.59%)
Separated: 18 (1.28%)
Total Widowed: 110 (7.8%)
Widowed Female: 100 (7.09%)
Total Divorced: 160 (11.35%)
Divorced Female: 87 (6.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,328 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 196 (14.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 488 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (6.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 977 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (14.02%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
--No disability: 840 (85.98%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 278 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (32.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,744 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 890 (51.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 841 (48.22%)
--Same county: 407 (23.34%)
--Different county: 434 (24.89%)
----Same state: 172 (9.86%)
----Different state: 262 (15.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,848 (100%)
Native: 1,755 (94.97%)
--Born in United States: 1,748 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,292 (69.91%)
----Different state: 456 (24.68%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 93 (5.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 30 (1.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (1.57%)
--Not a citizen: 64 (3.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 93 (100%)
Europe: 4 (4.3%)
Asia: 16 (17.2%)
Africa: 3 (3.23%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 70 (75.27%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,744 (100%)
English only: 1,563 (89.62%)
Language other than English: 181 (10.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (5.45%)
--Spanish: 153 (8.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (4.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.8%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,848 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,040% (110.39%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.6%)
Danish: 101 (5.47%)
Dutch: 69 (3.73%)
English: 121 (6.55%)
French (except Basque): 47 (2.54%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.16%)
German: 723 (39.12%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 203 (10.98%)
Italian: 4 (0.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 130 (7.03%)
Polish: 12 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.81%)
Scottish: 34 (1.84%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (1.03%)
Swedish: 128 (6.93%)
Swiss: 2 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 91 (4.92%)
Welsh: 7 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 317 (17.15%)

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