Ashton, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1903295, place: Ashton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 100 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (10%)
Kindergarten: 8 (8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 56 (56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 16 (16%)
College or graduate school: 10 (10%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 313 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (8.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 27 (8.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 144 (46.01%)
Some college, no degree: 76 (24.28%)
Associate degree: 23 (7.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 12 (3.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 362 (100%)
Never married: 70 (19.34%)
Now married, except separated: 234 (64.64%)
Separated: 2 (0.55%)
Total Widowed: 41 (11.33%)
Widowed Female: 34 (9.39%)
Total Divorced: 15 (4.14%)
Divorced Female: 7 (1.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 355 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 56 (15.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 93 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (16.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 256 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (13.67%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 221 (86.33%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 86 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (27.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 435 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 294 (67.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 137 (31.49%)
--Same county: 74 (17.01%)
--Different county: 63 (14.48%)
----Same state: 39 (8.97%)
----Different state: 24 (5.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 462 (100%)
Native: 456 (98.7%)
--Born in United States: 455 (100%)
----State of residence: 348 (75.32%)
----Different state: 107 (23.16%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.22%)
Foreign born: 6 (1.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (1.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 2 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 435 (100%)
English only: 422 (97.01%)
Language other than English: 13 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (1.38%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 462 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 512% (110.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.43%)
Danish: 5 (1.08%)
Dutch: 66 (14.29%)
English: 23 (4.98%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 291 (62.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 42 (9.09%)
Italian: 2 (0.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 32 (6.93%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.43%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.43%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 23 (4.98%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 22 (4.76%)

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