Bancroft, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1904420, place: Bancroft city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 199 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (9.55%)
Kindergarten: 10 (5.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 94 (47.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 51 (25.63%)
College or graduate school: 25 (12.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 565 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (8.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 49 (8.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 248 (43.89%)
Some college, no degree: 139 (24.6%)
Associate degree: 44 (7.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 26 (4.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (2.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 651 (100%)
Never married: 124 (19.05%)
Now married, except separated: 357 (54.84%)
Separated: 2 (0.31%)
Total Widowed: 129 (19.82%)
Widowed Female: 96 (14.75%)
Total Divorced: 39 (5.99%)
Divorced Female: 14 (2.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 607 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 68 (11.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 172 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (8.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 370 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (16.49%)
----Percent employed: 45.9%
--No disability: 309 (83.51%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (32.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 765 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 543 (70.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 220 (28.76%)
--Same county: 137 (17.91%)
--Different county: 83 (10.85%)
----Same state: 48 (6.27%)
----Different state: 35 (4.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 807 (100%)
Native: 803 (99.5%)
--Born in United States: 801 (100%)
----State of residence: 630 (78.07%)
----Different state: 171 (21.19%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (75%)
Northern America: 1 (25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 765 (100%)
English only: 745 (97.39%)
Language other than English: 20 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.26%)
--Spanish: 15 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.65%)
----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: 807 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 893% (110.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.25%)
Danish: 10 (1.24%)
Dutch: 19 (2.35%)
English: 23 (2.85%)
French (except Basque): 26 (3.22%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.87%)
German: 459 (56.88%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 181 (22.43%)
Italian: 5 (0.62%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 48 (5.95%)
Polish: 14 (1.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.5%)
Scottish: 10 (1.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (4.34%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 13 (1.61%)
Welsh: 2 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 35 (4.34%)

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