Blairsburg, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1906760, place: Blairsburg city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 65 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (3.08%)
Kindergarten: 4 (6.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 25 (38.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 29 (44.62%)
College or graduate school: 5 (7.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 157 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (7.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 17 (10.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 68 (43.31%)
Some college, no degree: 22 (14.01%)
Associate degree: 16 (10.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 19 (12.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (2.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 189 (100%)
Never married: 36 (19.05%)
Now married, except separated: 132 (69.84%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 7 (3.7%)
Widowed Female: 7 (3.7%)
Total Divorced: 14 (7.41%)
Divorced Female: 6 (3.17%)

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: 168 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 29 (17.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 60 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 129 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (20.93%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
--No disability: 102 (79.07%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 32 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (21.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 221 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 168 (76.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 53 (23.98%)
--Same county: 19 (8.6%)
--Different county: 34 (15.38%)
----Same state: 14 (6.33%)
----Different state: 20 (9.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 232 (100%)
Native: 232 (100%)
--Born in United States: 232 (100%)
----State of residence: 188 (81.03%)
----Different state: 44 (18.97%)
--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: 221 (100%)
English only: 217 (98.19%)
Language other than English: 4 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.81%)
--Spanish: 4 (1.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.81%)
--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: 232 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 222% (95.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (2.16%)
English: 22 (9.48%)
French (except Basque): 12 (5.17%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 85 (36.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 27 (11.64%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 22 (9.48%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (1.72%)
Scottish: 2 (0.86%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (3.88%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 25 (10.78%)
Welsh: 2 (0.86%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7 (3.02%)

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