Benton, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1905905, place: Benton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 0 (0%)
College or graduate school: 1 (50%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 27 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4 (14.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 16 (59.26%)
Some college, no degree: 4 (14.81%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 3 (11.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30 (100%)
Never married: 4 (13.33%)
Now married, except separated: 23 (76.67%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 0 (0%)
Widowed Female: 0 (0%)
Total Divorced: 3 (10%)
Divorced Female: 0 (0%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 30 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 9 (30%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (10%)
----Percent employed: 100%
--No disability: 18 (90%)
----Percent employed: 94.4%
Population 65 years and over: 9 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (66.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 31 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 24 (77.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7 (22.58%)
--Same county: 7 (22.58%)
--Different county: 0 (0%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 0 (0%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31 (100%)
Native: 31 (100%)
--Born in United States: 31 (100%)
----State of residence: 27 (87.1%)
----Different state: 4 (12.9%)
--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: 31 (100%)
English only: 31 (100%)
Language other than English: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--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: 31 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 46% (148.39%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (6.45%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (19.35%)
English: 5 (16.13%)
French (except Basque): 2 (6.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 2 (6.45%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 11 (35.48%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (6.45%)
Polish: 2 (6.45%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (22.58%)
Scottish: 2 (6.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (6.45%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 2 (6.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1 (3.23%)

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