Atkins, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1903475, place: Atkins city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 287 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (11.5%)
Kindergarten: 19 (6.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 104 (36.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 69 (24.04%)
College or graduate school: 62 (21.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 631 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 22 (3.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 41 (6.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 222 (35.18%)
Some college, no degree: 166 (26.31%)
Associate degree: 73 (11.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 91 (14.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (2.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 727 (100%)
Never married: 135 (18.57%)
Now married, except separated: 500 (68.78%)
Separated: 1 (0.14%)
Total Widowed: 38 (5.23%)
Widowed Female: 34 (4.68%)
Total Divorced: 53 (7.29%)
Divorced Female: 29 (3.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 690 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 95 (13.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 213 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (7.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 537 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (19.55%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
--No disability: 432 (80.45%)
----Percent employed: 85.9%
Population 65 years and over: 119 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (36.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 869 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 531 (61.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 338 (38.9%)
--Same county: 93 (10.7%)
--Different county: 245 (28.19%)
----Same state: 230 (26.47%)
----Different state: 15 (1.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 976 (100%)
Native: 976 (100%)
--Born in United States: 974 (100%)
----State of residence: 864 (88.52%)
----Different state: 110 (11.27%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.2%)
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: 869 (100%)
English only: 851 (97.93%)
Language other than English: 18 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.69%)
--Spanish: 9 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (1.04%)
----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: 976 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,141% (116.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 101 (10.35%)
Danish: 17 (1.74%)
Dutch: 14 (1.43%)
English: 79 (8.09%)
French (except Basque): 14 (1.43%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.2%)
German: 500 (51.23%)
Greek: 3 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 179 (18.34%)
Italian: 12 (1.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 52 (5.33%)
Polish: 2 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (2.15%)
Scottish: 26 (2.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (1.64%)
Swiss: 8 (0.82%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.2%)
United States or American: 44 (4.51%)
Welsh: 12 (1.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 37 (3.79%)

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