Blencoe, IA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1906940, place: Blencoe city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 52 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (11.54%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 30 (57.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 13 (25%)
College or graduate school: 3 (5.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 166 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (6.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 18 (10.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 74 (44.58%)
Some college, no degree: 48 (28.92%)
Associate degree: 5 (3.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (5.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1 (0.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 188 (100%)
Never married: 31 (16.49%)
Now married, except separated: 116 (61.7%)
Separated: 2 (1.06%)
Total Widowed: 30 (15.96%)
Widowed Female: 30 (15.96%)
Total Divorced: 9 (4.79%)
Divorced Female: 4 (2.13%)

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: 174 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 27 (15.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 46 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (6.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 94 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (15.96%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 79 (84.04%)
----Percent employed: 69.6%
Population 65 years and over: 79 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (36.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 219 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 159 (72.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 60 (27.4%)
--Same county: 54 (24.66%)
--Different county: 6 (2.74%)
----Same state: 4 (1.83%)
----Different state: 2 (0.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 236 (100%)
Native: 234 (99.15%)
--Born in United States: 233 (100%)
----State of residence: 185 (78.39%)
----Different state: 48 (20.34%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (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: 219 (100%)
English only: 219 (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: 236 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 228% (96.61%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 18 (7.63%)
Dutch: 6 (2.54%)
English: 24 (10.17%)
French (except Basque): 12 (5.08%)
French Canadian: 11 (4.66%)
German: 46 (19.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 29 (12.29%)
Italian: 2 (0.85%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (2.54%)
Polish: 14 (5.93%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (1.27%)
Scottish: 1 (0.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (2.54%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 30 (12.71%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 20 (8.47%)

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