Bettendorf, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1906355, place: Bettendorf city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,661 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 640 (7.39%)
Kindergarten: 394 (4.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,911 (45.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,090 (24.13%)
College or graduate school: 1,626 (18.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 20,963 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 446 (2.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,105 (5.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,804 (22.92%)
Some college, no degree: 4,832 (23.05%)
Associate degree: 1,638 (7.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,378 (25.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,760 (13.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 24,628 (100%)
Never married: 5,175 (21.01%)
Now married, except separated: 15,507 (62.96%)
Separated: 163 (0.66%)
Total Widowed: 1,538 (6.24%)
Widowed Female: 1,308 (5.31%)
Total Divorced: 2,245 (9.12%)
Divorced Female: 1,341 (5.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 319 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 165 (51.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 23,044 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,343 (14.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,367 (100%)
--With a disability: 351 (4.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,179 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,072 (11.4%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
--No disability: 16,107 (88.6%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 3,638 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,340 (36.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 29,385 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,212 (51.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,833 (47.08%)
--Same county: 8,204 (27.92%)
--Different county: 5,629 (19.16%)
----Same state: 1,525 (5.19%)
----Different state: 4,104 (13.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 340 (1.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31,321 (100%)
Native: 30,411 (97.09%)
--Born in United States: 30,145 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,528 (55.96%)
----Different state: 12,617 (40.28%)
--Born outside United States: 266 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 910 (2.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 309 (0.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 452 (1.44%)
--Not a citizen: 458 (1.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 910 (100%)
Europe: 251 (27.58%)
Asia: 386 (42.42%)
Africa: 40 (4.4%)
Oceania: 16 (1.76%)
Latin America: 131 (14.4%)
Northern America: 86 (9.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 29,385 (100%)
English only: 27,817 (94.66%)
Language other than English: 1,568 (5.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 432 (1.47%)
--Spanish: 608 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 499 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 308 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 111 (0.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 31,321 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,569% (113.56%)
Arab: 158 (0.5%)
Czech: 498 (1.59%)
Danish: 489 (1.56%)
Dutch: 859 (2.74%)
English: 3,324 (10.61%)
French (except Basque): 771 (2.46%)
French Canadian: 127 (0.41%)
German: 11,708 (37.38%)
Greek: 94 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 130 (0.42%)
Irish: 5,615 (17.93%)
Italian: 633 (2.02%)
Lithuanian: 80 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 947 (3.02%)
Polish: 760 (2.43%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.02%)
Russian: 144 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 582 (1.86%)
Scottish: 759 (2.42%)
Slovak: 24 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.08%)
Swedish: 1,338 (4.27%)
Swiss: 143 (0.46%)
Ukrainian: 29 (0.09%)
United States or American: 2,033 (6.49%)
Welsh: 278 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 4,010 (12.8%)

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