Blockton, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1906985, place: Blockton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 34 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 2 (5.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 24 (70.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6 (17.65%)
College or graduate school: 2 (5.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 122 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (17.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 11 (9.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 62 (50.82%)
Some college, no degree: 19 (15.57%)
Associate degree: 8 (6.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 0 (0%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1 (0.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 0.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 135 (100%)
Never married: 18 (13.33%)
Now married, except separated: 87 (64.44%)
Separated: 2 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 20 (14.81%)
Widowed Female: 15 (11.11%)
Total Divorced: 8 (5.93%)
Divorced Female: 5 (3.7%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 129 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 24 (18.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 34 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (5.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 83 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (24.1%)
----Percent employed: 25%
--No disability: 63 (75.9%)
----Percent employed: 71.4%
Population 65 years and over: 44 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (45.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 161 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 127 (78.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 34 (21.12%)
--Same county: 20 (12.42%)
--Different county: 14 (8.7%)
----Same state: 3 (1.86%)
----Different state: 11 (6.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 187 (100%)
Native: 182 (97.33%)
--Born in United States: 182 (100%)
----State of residence: 117 (62.57%)
----Different state: 65 (34.76%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 5 (2.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (1.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (2.67%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 5 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 161 (100%)
English only: 161 (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: 187 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 99% (52.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (1.6%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 8 (4.28%)
French (except Basque): 2 (1.07%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 27 (14.44%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 22 (11.76%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (1.07%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (1.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (2.14%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 21 (11.23%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 8 (4.28%)

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