Anita, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1902260, place: Anita city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 226 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (8.85%)
Kindergarten: 8 (3.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 107 (47.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (28.32%)
College or graduate school: 27 (11.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 732 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 63 (8.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 54 (7.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 327 (44.67%)
Some college, no degree: 190 (25.96%)
Associate degree: 30 (4.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 51 (6.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (2.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 883 (100%)
Never married: 180 (20.39%)
Now married, except separated: 492 (55.72%)
Separated: 15 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 123 (13.93%)
Widowed Female: 108 (12.23%)
Total Divorced: 73 (8.27%)
Divorced Female: 45 (5.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 828 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 129 (15.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 222 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (4.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 518 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (18.34%)
----Percent employed: 51.6%
--No disability: 423 (81.66%)
----Percent employed: 82.3%
Population 65 years and over: 219 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (48.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,006 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 655 (65.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 351 (34.89%)
--Same county: 194 (19.28%)
--Different county: 157 (15.61%)
----Same state: 110 (10.93%)
----Different state: 47 (4.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,060 (100%)
Native: 1,052 (99.25%)
--Born in United States: 1,052 (100%)
----State of residence: 890 (83.96%)
----Different state: 162 (15.28%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.75%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 2 (25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 6 (75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,006 (100%)
English only: 994 (98.81%)
Language other than English: 12 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.7%)
--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: 1,060 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,072% (101.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 23 (2.17%)
Danish: 142 (13.4%)
Dutch: 26 (2.45%)
English: 119 (11.23%)
French (except Basque): 30 (2.83%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.94%)
German: 385 (36.32%)
Greek: 2 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 98 (9.25%)
Italian: 11 (1.04%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 50 (4.72%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.57%)
Scottish: 18 (1.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 30 (2.83%)
Swiss: 1 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 61 (5.75%)
Welsh: 10 (0.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 50 (4.72%)

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