Belle Plaine, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1905590, place: Belle Plaine city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 744 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 84 (11.29%)
Kindergarten: 41 (5.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 361 (48.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 208 (27.96%)
College or graduate school: 50 (6.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,918 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 160 (8.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 196 (10.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 803 (41.87%)
Some college, no degree: 394 (20.54%)
Associate degree: 105 (5.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 193 (10.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 67 (3.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,264 (100%)
Never married: 469 (20.72%)
Now married, except separated: 1,322 (58.39%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 228 (10.07%)
Widowed Female: 216 (9.54%)
Total Divorced: 245 (10.82%)
Divorced Female: 151 (6.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 32 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,121 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 293 (13.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 683 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (9.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,409 (100%)
--With a disability: 360 (25.55%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
--No disability: 1,049 (74.45%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 567 (100%)
--With a disability: 220 (38.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,728 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,639 (60.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,060 (38.86%)
--Same county: 602 (22.07%)
--Different county: 458 (16.79%)
----Same state: 347 (12.72%)
----Different state: 111 (4.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (1.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,873 (100%)
Native: 2,846 (99.06%)
--Born in United States: 2,846 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,433 (84.68%)
----Different state: 413 (14.38%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 27 (0.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23 (0.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.14%)
--Not a citizen: 23 (0.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 27 (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: 2,728 (100%)
English only: 2,633 (96.52%)
Language other than English: 95 (3.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.77%)
--Spanish: 26 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 69 (2.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,873 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,014% (104.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 371 (12.91%)
Danish: 8 (0.28%)
Dutch: 30 (1.04%)
English: 333 (11.59%)
French (except Basque): 49 (1.71%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.28%)
German: 942 (32.79%)
Greek: 4 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 372 (12.95%)
Italian: 19 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 121 (4.21%)
Polish: 41 (1.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (0.84%)
Scottish: 12 (0.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 52 (1.81%)
Swiss: 16 (0.56%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 204 (7.1%)
Welsh: 22 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 386 (13.44%)

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