Battle Creek, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1904870, place: Battle Creek city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 129 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (2.33%)
Kindergarten: 7 (5.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 77 (59.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (24.81%)
College or graduate school: 10 (7.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 568 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 59 (10.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (12.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 208 (36.62%)
Some college, no degree: 141 (24.82%)
Associate degree: 27 (4.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 39 (6.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (3.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 641 (100%)
Never married: 99 (15.44%)
Now married, except separated: 381 (59.44%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 93 (14.51%)
Widowed Female: 76 (11.86%)
Total Divorced: 68 (10.61%)
Divorced Female: 34 (5.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 613 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 104 (16.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 138 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (1.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 379 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (15.83%)
----Percent employed: 71.7%
--No disability: 319 (84.17%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 166 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (42.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 727 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 469 (64.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 258 (35.49%)
--Same county: 149 (20.5%)
--Different county: 109 (14.99%)
----Same state: 65 (8.94%)
----Different state: 44 (6.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 744 (100%)
Native: 744 (100%)
--Born in United States: 744 (100%)
----State of residence: 634 (85.22%)
----Different state: 110 (14.78%)
--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: 727 (100%)
English only: 692 (95.19%)
Language other than English: 35 (4.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.55%)
--Spanish: 19 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (2.2%)
----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: 744 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 832% (111.83%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.27%)
Danish: 59 (7.93%)
Dutch: 39 (5.24%)
English: 63 (8.47%)
French (except Basque): 16 (2.15%)
French Canadian: 9 (1.21%)
German: 387 (52.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 102 (13.71%)
Italian: 2 (0.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (1.61%)
Polish: 6 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.61%)
Scottish: 10 (1.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 31 (4.17%)
Swiss: 8 (1.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 36 (4.84%)
Welsh: 2 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 34 (4.57%)

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