Blairstown, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1906805, place: Blairstown city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 171 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (7.02%)
Kindergarten: 5 (2.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 96 (56.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 39 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 19 (11.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 456 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26 (5.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 39 (8.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 230 (50.44%)
Some college, no degree: 90 (19.74%)
Associate degree: 31 (6.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 29 (6.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (2.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 534 (100%)
Never married: 108 (20.22%)
Now married, except separated: 339 (63.48%)
Separated: 4 (0.75%)
Total Widowed: 40 (7.49%)
Widowed Female: 36 (6.74%)
Total Divorced: 43 (8.05%)
Divorced Female: 25 (4.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 511 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 75 (14.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 170 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (5.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 327 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (23.55%)
----Percent employed: 74%
--No disability: 250 (76.45%)
----Percent employed: 92.8%
Population 65 years and over: 147 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (28.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 644 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 419 (65.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 225 (34.94%)
--Same county: 161 (25%)
--Different county: 64 (9.94%)
----Same state: 49 (7.61%)
----Different state: 15 (2.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 690 (100%)
Native: 688 (99.71%)
--Born in United States: 681 (100%)
----State of residence: 601 (87.1%)
----Different state: 80 (11.59%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.29%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 1 (50%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 644 (100%)
English only: 625 (97.05%)
Language other than English: 19 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.62%)
--Spanish: 11 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 690 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 689% (99.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 36 (5.22%)
Danish: 11 (1.59%)
Dutch: 7 (1.01%)
English: 35 (5.07%)
French (except Basque): 9 (1.3%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 344 (49.86%)
Greek: 6 (0.87%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 72 (10.43%)
Italian: 24 (3.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (3.77%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.58%)
Scottish: 7 (1.01%)
Slovak: 2 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.87%)
Swiss: 4 (0.58%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 75 (10.87%)
Welsh: 7 (1.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 12 (1.74%)

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