Armstrong, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1902935, place: Armstrong city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 198 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (7.58%)
Kindergarten: 9 (4.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 96 (48.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 54 (27.27%)
College or graduate school: 24 (12.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 701 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (9.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 71 (10.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 274 (39.09%)
Some college, no degree: 152 (21.68%)
Associate degree: 64 (9.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (9.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (1.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 817 (100%)
Never married: 168 (20.56%)
Now married, except separated: 482 (59%)
Separated: 3 (0.37%)
Total Widowed: 112 (13.71%)
Widowed Female: 88 (10.77%)
Total Divorced: 52 (6.36%)
Divorced Female: 30 (3.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 773 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 102 (13.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 208 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (5.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 480 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (13.13%)
----Percent employed: 81%
--No disability: 417 (86.88%)
----Percent employed: 87.8%
Population 65 years and over: 194 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (40.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 928 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 672 (72.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 256 (27.59%)
--Same county: 136 (14.66%)
--Different county: 120 (12.93%)
----Same state: 33 (3.56%)
----Different state: 87 (9.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 984 (100%)
Native: 982 (99.8%)
--Born in United States: 980 (100%)
----State of residence: 548 (55.69%)
----Different state: 432 (43.9%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.2%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 928 (100%)
English only: 918 (98.92%)
Language other than English: 10 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.22%)
----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: 984 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,155% (117.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.2%)
Danish: 101 (10.26%)
Dutch: 30 (3.05%)
English: 58 (5.89%)
French (except Basque): 44 (4.47%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.2%)
German: 404 (41.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 111 (11.28%)
Italian: 3 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 168 (17.07%)
Polish: 19 (1.93%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.02%)
Scottish: 15 (1.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 57 (5.79%)
Swiss: 2 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 77 (7.83%)
Welsh: 7 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 45 (4.57%)

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