Blakesburg, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1906850, place: Blakesburg city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 75 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (5.33%)
Kindergarten: 2 (2.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 41 (54.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8 (10.67%)
College or graduate school: 20 (26.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 229 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8 (3.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 28 (12.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 119 (51.97%)
Some college, no degree: 29 (12.66%)
Associate degree: 18 (7.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 23 (10.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (1.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 304 (100%)
Never married: 86 (28.29%)
Now married, except separated: 142 (46.71%)
Separated: 5 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 29 (9.54%)
Widowed Female: 22 (7.24%)
Total Divorced: 42 (13.82%)
Divorced Female: 20 (6.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 296 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 33 (11.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 81 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (6.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 217 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (15.67%)
----Percent employed: 52.9%
--No disability: 183 (84.33%)
----Percent employed: 84.7%
Population 65 years and over: 50 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (30%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 348 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 197 (56.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 151 (43.39%)
--Same county: 73 (20.98%)
--Different county: 78 (22.41%)
----Same state: 46 (13.22%)
----Different state: 32 (9.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 380 (100%)
Native: 374 (98.42%)
--Born in United States: 371 (100%)
----State of residence: 301 (79.21%)
----Different state: 70 (18.42%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 6 (1.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (1.58%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 6 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 348 (100%)
English only: 342 (98.28%)
Language other than English: 6 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 380 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 330% (86.84%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (1.05%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 45 (11.84%)
English: 30 (7.89%)
French (except Basque): 26 (6.84%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.26%)
German: 76 (20%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 49 (12.89%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.79%)
Polish: 9 (2.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (1.84%)
Scottish: 4 (1.05%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (4.21%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 13 (3.42%)
Welsh: 8 (2.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 37 (9.74%)

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