Boone, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1907480, place: Boone city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,072 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 235 (7.65%)
Kindergarten: 217 (7.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,354 (44.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 688 (22.4%)
College or graduate school: 578 (18.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,496 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 319 (3.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 597 (7.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,302 (38.87%)
Some college, no degree: 2,032 (23.92%)
Associate degree: 737 (8.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,169 (13.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 340 (4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,255 (100%)
Never married: 2,469 (24.08%)
Now married, except separated: 5,619 (54.79%)
Separated: 98 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 996 (9.71%)
Widowed Female: 826 (8.05%)
Total Divorced: 1,073 (10.46%)
Divorced Female: 661 (6.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 81 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (20.99%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,666 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,347 (13.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,753 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (5.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,926 (100%)
--With a disability: 920 (13.28%)
----Percent employed: 52.6%
--No disability: 6,006 (86.72%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,925 (100%)
--With a disability: 741 (38.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,986 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,847 (57.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,122 (42.73%)
--Same county: 3,052 (25.46%)
--Different county: 2,070 (17.27%)
----Same state: 1,526 (12.73%)
----Different state: 544 (4.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,811 (100%)
Native: 12,734 (99.4%)
--Born in United States: 12,675 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,708 (83.58%)
----Different state: 1,967 (15.35%)
--Born outside United States: 59 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 77 (0.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (0.33%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 77 (100%)
Europe: 36 (46.75%)
Asia: 6 (7.79%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 23 (29.87%)
Northern America: 12 (15.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,986 (100%)
English only: 11,704 (97.65%)
Language other than English: 282 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (0.96%)
--Spanish: 185 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (0.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 78 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 19 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,811 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,013% (101.58%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 172 (1.34%)
Danish: 316 (2.47%)
Dutch: 253 (1.97%)
English: 1,388 (10.83%)
French (except Basque): 401 (3.13%)
French Canadian: 66 (0.52%)
German: 4,194 (32.74%)
Greek: 7 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 43 (0.34%)
Irish: 1,606 (12.54%)
Italian: 188 (1.47%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 879 (6.86%)
Polish: 112 (0.87%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 30 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 216 (1.69%)
Scottish: 233 (1.82%)
Slovak: 8 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.12%)
Swedish: 1,204 (9.4%)
Swiss: 46 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 735 (5.74%)
Welsh: 82 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 818 (6.39%)

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