U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Brighton, IA

Washington County, Iowa

Latitude: 41.173361     Longitude: -91.820784
Population 693 (2005)
Elevation of Brighton, Iowa: 750 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1908470, place: Brighton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 141 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (5.67%)
Kindergarten: 11 (7.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 71 (50.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 38 (26.95%)
College or graduate school: 13 (9.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 453 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 33 (7.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 67 (14.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 256 (56.51%)
Some college, no degree: 58 (12.8%)
Associate degree: 5 (1.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 27 (5.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (1.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 544 (100%)
Never married: 99 (18.2%)
Now married, except separated: 308 (56.62%)
Separated: 12 (2.21%)
Total Widowed: 58 (10.66%)
Widowed Female: 49 (9.01%)
Total Divorced: 67 (12.32%)
Divorced Female: 21 (3.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 516 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 73 (14.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 143 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (6.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 378 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (17.2%)
----Percent employed: 49.2%
--No disability: 313 (82.8%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 110 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (36.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 633 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 371 (58.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 258 (40.76%)
--Same county: 156 (24.64%)
--Different county: 102 (16.11%)
----Same state: 56 (8.85%)
----Different state: 46 (7.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 677 (100%)
Native: 672 (99.26%)
--Born in United States: 670 (100%)
----State of residence: 578 (85.38%)
----Different state: 92 (13.59%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 2 (40%)
Asia: 3 (60%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 633 (100%)
English only: 622 (98.26%)
Language other than English: 11 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.47%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 677 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 659% (97.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.44%)
Danish: 2 (0.3%)
Dutch: 55 (8.12%)
English: 73 (10.78%)
French (except Basque): 26 (3.84%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 252 (37.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 82 (12.11%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.3%)
Polish: 12 (1.77%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.48%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (2.22%)
Swiss: 2 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 62 (9.16%)
Welsh: 10 (1.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 53 (7.83%)

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