Arcadia, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1902485, place: Arcadia city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 127 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (6.3%)
Kindergarten: 12 (9.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 62 (48.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 29 (22.83%)
College or graduate school: 16 (12.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 279 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (10.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 17 (6.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 156 (55.91%)
Some college, no degree: 42 (15.05%)
Associate degree: 8 (2.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 22 (7.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 333 (100%)
Never married: 67 (20.12%)
Now married, except separated: 231 (69.37%)
Separated: 2 (0.6%)
Total Widowed: 23 (6.91%)
Widowed Female: 21 (6.31%)
Total Divorced: 10 (3%)
Divorced Female: 1 (0.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 313 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 41 (13.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 110 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (7.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 218 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (19.27%)
----Percent employed: 88.1%
--No disability: 176 (80.73%)
----Percent employed: 92%
Population 65 years and over: 81 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (35.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 409 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 292 (71.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 117 (28.61%)
--Same county: 50 (12.22%)
--Different county: 67 (16.38%)
----Same state: 56 (13.69%)
----Different state: 11 (2.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 442 (100%)
Native: 442 (100%)
--Born in United States: 442 (100%)
----State of residence: 419 (94.8%)
----Different state: 23 (5.2%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 409 (100%)
English only: 393 (96.09%)
Language other than English: 16 (3.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (1.22%)
--Spanish: 15 (3.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (1.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1 (0.24%)
----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: 442 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 400% (90.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.45%)
Danish: 2 (0.45%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 9 (2.04%)
French (except Basque): 10 (2.26%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 291 (65.84%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 17 (3.85%)
Italian: 3 (0.68%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (1.13%)
Polish: 6 (1.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 3 (0.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (2.04%)
Swiss: 8 (1.81%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 22 (4.98%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 13 (2.94%)

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