Bennett, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1905770, place: Bennett city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 119 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (8.4%)
Kindergarten: 12 (10.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 46 (38.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 25 (21.01%)
College or graduate school: 26 (21.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 249 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (6.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 12 (4.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 109 (43.78%)
Some college, no degree: 69 (27.71%)
Associate degree: 21 (8.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 21 (8.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 302 (100%)
Never married: 75 (24.83%)
Now married, except separated: 178 (58.94%)
Separated: 2 (0.66%)
Total Widowed: 25 (8.28%)
Widowed Female: 22 (7.28%)
Total Divorced: 22 (7.28%)
Divorced Female: 14 (4.64%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 283 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 42 (14.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 98 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (2.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 205 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (15.12%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
--No disability: 174 (84.88%)
----Percent employed: 89.7%
Population 65 years and over: 56 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (46.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 362 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 217 (59.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 145 (40.06%)
--Same county: 43 (11.88%)
--Different county: 102 (28.18%)
----Same state: 66 (18.23%)
----Different state: 36 (9.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 389 (100%)
Native: 387 (99.49%)
--Born in United States: 385 (100%)
----State of residence: 311 (79.95%)
----Different state: 74 (19.02%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (100%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 362 (100%)
English only: 351 (96.96%)
Language other than English: 11 (3.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.1%)
--Spanish: 11 (3.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 389 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 404% (103.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (2.06%)
Danish: 9 (2.31%)
Dutch: 17 (4.37%)
English: 37 (9.51%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.51%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 225 (57.84%)
Greek: 2 (0.51%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 41 (10.54%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (2.31%)
Polish: 9 (2.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (1.8%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (3.34%)
Swiss: 2 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 6 (1.54%)
Welsh: 2 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 15 (3.86%)

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