Bedford, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1905365, place: Bedford city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 364 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (6.32%)
Kindergarten: 19 (5.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 185 (50.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 91 (25%)
College or graduate school: 46 (12.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,125 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 66 (5.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 107 (9.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 530 (47.11%)
Some college, no degree: 260 (23.11%)
Associate degree: 39 (3.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 62 (5.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 61 (5.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,310 (100%)
Never married: 222 (16.95%)
Now married, except separated: 749 (57.18%)
Separated: 13 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 190 (14.5%)
Widowed Female: 171 (13.05%)
Total Divorced: 136 (10.38%)
Divorced Female: 83 (6.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,246 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 182 (14.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 350 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (2.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 738 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (16.94%)
----Percent employed: 58.4%
--No disability: 613 (83.06%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 393 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (48.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,529 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 913 (59.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 611 (39.96%)
--Same county: 421 (27.53%)
--Different county: 190 (12.43%)
----Same state: 75 (4.91%)
----Different state: 115 (7.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,638 (100%)
Native: 1,637 (99.94%)
--Born in United States: 1,630 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,015 (61.97%)
----Different state: 615 (37.55%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1 (0.06%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1 (100%)
Europe: 1 (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: 1,529 (100%)
English only: 1,502 (98.23%)
Language other than English: 27 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.26%)
--Spanish: 20 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,638 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,449% (88.46%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 19 (1.16%)
Dutch: 49 (2.99%)
English: 255 (15.57%)
French (except Basque): 52 (3.17%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 380 (23.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 237 (14.47%)
Italian: 8 (0.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 21 (1.28%)
Polish: 3 (0.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (1.1%)
Scottish: 35 (2.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 44 (2.69%)
Swiss: 2 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 151 (9.22%)
Welsh: 12 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 158 (9.65%)

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