Ankeny, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1902305, place: Ankeny city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,938 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 628 (7.91%)
Kindergarten: 451 (5.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,163 (39.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,616 (20.36%)
College or graduate school: 2,080 (26.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,495 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 203 (1.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 534 (3.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,759 (22.79%)
Some college, no degree: 3,831 (23.23%)
Associate degree: 1,712 (10.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,730 (28.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,726 (10.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,821 (100%)
Never married: 5,317 (25.54%)
Now married, except separated: 13,010 (62.48%)
Separated: 208 (1%)
Total Widowed: 692 (3.32%)
Widowed Female: 607 (2.92%)
Total Divorced: 1,594 (7.66%)
Divorced Female: 1,003 (4.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 141 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (38.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,599 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,114 (10.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,507 (100%)
--With a disability: 279 (4.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,069 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,709 (10.64%)
----Percent employed: 79.6%
--No disability: 14,360 (89.36%)
----Percent employed: 88.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,895 (100%)
--With a disability: 698 (36.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,717 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,046 (40.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,004 (56.66%)
--Same county: 6,955 (28.14%)
--Different county: 7,049 (28.52%)
----Same state: 3,888 (15.73%)
----Different state: 3,161 (12.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 667 (2.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,923 (100%)
Native: 26,114 (97%)
--Born in United States: 25,981 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,080 (70.87%)
----Different state: 6,901 (25.63%)
--Born outside United States: 133 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 809 (3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 607 (2.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 237 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 572 (2.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 809 (100%)
Europe: 476 (58.84%)
Asia: 208 (25.71%)
Africa: 35 (4.33%)
Oceania: 9 (1.11%)
Latin America: 72 (8.9%)
Northern America: 9 (1.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,717 (100%)
English only: 23,376 (94.57%)
Language other than English: 1,341 (5.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 583 (2.36%)
--Spanish: 413 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 722 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 357 (1.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 158 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,923 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,739% (110.46%)
Arab: 40 (0.15%)
Czech: 379 (1.41%)
Danish: 571 (2.12%)
Dutch: 1,185 (4.4%)
English: 3,183 (11.82%)
French (except Basque): 874 (3.25%)
French Canadian: 123 (0.46%)
German: 9,413 (34.96%)
Greek: 95 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.06%)
Irish: 3,918 (14.55%)
Italian: 668 (2.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1,964 (7.29%)
Polish: 393 (1.46%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 61 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 429 (1.59%)
Scottish: 324 (1.2%)
Slovak: 7 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.12%)
Swedish: 1,346 (5%)
Swiss: 84 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,698 (6.31%)
Welsh: 189 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 2,715 (10.08%)

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