Altoona, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1901630, place: Altoona city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,904 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 193 (6.65%)
Kindergarten: 220 (7.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,316 (45.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 628 (21.63%)
College or graduate school: 547 (18.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,298 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 98 (1.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 335 (5.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,097 (33.3%)
Some college, no degree: 1,513 (24.02%)
Associate degree: 754 (11.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,198 (19.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 303 (4.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,649 (100%)
Never married: 1,726 (22.57%)
Now married, except separated: 4,659 (60.91%)
Separated: 95 (1.24%)
Total Widowed: 368 (4.81%)
Widowed Female: 344 (4.5%)
Total Divorced: 801 (10.47%)
Divorced Female: 499 (6.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 93 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (29.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,141 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 808 (11.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,632 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (5.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,909 (100%)
--With a disability: 706 (11.95%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 5,203 (88.05%)
----Percent employed: 88.8%
Population 65 years and over: 741 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (41.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,362 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,447 (47.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,864 (51.95%)
--Same county: 3,680 (39.31%)
--Different county: 1,184 (12.65%)
----Same state: 717 (7.66%)
----Different state: 467 (4.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (0.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,274 (100%)
Native: 10,086 (98.17%)
--Born in United States: 10,021 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,283 (80.62%)
----Different state: 1,738 (16.92%)
--Born outside United States: 65 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 188 (1.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 98 (0.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 109 (1.06%)
--Not a citizen: 79 (0.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 188 (100%)
Europe: 42 (22.34%)
Asia: 95 (50.53%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 51 (27.13%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,362 (100%)
English only: 8,945 (95.55%)
Language other than English: 417 (4.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 176 (1.88%)
--Spanish: 230 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 118 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 69 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,274 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,222% (99.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 84 (0.82%)
Danish: 193 (1.88%)
Dutch: 544 (5.29%)
English: 984 (9.58%)
French (except Basque): 252 (2.45%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.16%)
German: 3,024 (29.43%)
Greek: 13 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,376 (13.39%)
Italian: 224 (2.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 383 (3.73%)
Polish: 178 (1.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 133 (1.29%)
Scottish: 217 (2.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 15 (0.15%)
Swedish: 427 (4.16%)
Swiss: 49 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 743 (7.23%)
Welsh: 124 (1.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,243 (12.1%)

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