Brooklyn, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1908695, place: Brooklyn city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 292 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (3.77%)
Kindergarten: 18 (6.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 138 (47.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 88 (30.14%)
College or graduate school: 37 (12.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 927 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 73 (7.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 69 (7.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 430 (46.39%)
Some college, no degree: 163 (17.58%)
Associate degree: 65 (7.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 84 (9.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (4.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,083 (100%)
Never married: 275 (25.39%)
Now married, except separated: 558 (51.52%)
Separated: 4 (0.37%)
Total Widowed: 118 (10.9%)
Widowed Female: 97 (8.96%)
Total Divorced: 128 (11.82%)
Divorced Female: 67 (6.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,015 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 162 (15.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 294 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (12.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 639 (100%)
--With a disability: 253 (39.59%)
----Percent employed: 85.8%
--No disability: 386 (60.41%)
----Percent employed: 90.2%
Population 65 years and over: 267 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (27.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,256 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 708 (56.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 546 (43.47%)
--Same county: 321 (25.56%)
--Different county: 225 (17.91%)
----Same state: 166 (13.22%)
----Different state: 59 (4.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,323 (100%)
Native: 1,319 (99.7%)
--Born in United States: 1,317 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,189 (89.87%)
----Different state: 128 (9.67%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 2 (50%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (50%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,256 (100%)
English only: 1,197 (95.3%)
Language other than English: 59 (4.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.32%)
--Spanish: 26 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,323 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,334% (100.83%)
Arab: 4 (0.3%)
Czech: 41 (3.1%)
Danish: 4 (0.3%)
Dutch: 53 (4.01%)
English: 90 (6.8%)
French (except Basque): 27 (2.04%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.6%)
German: 515 (38.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.08%)
Irish: 230 (17.38%)
Italian: 7 (0.53%)
Lithuanian: 1 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 40 (3.02%)
Polish: 5 (0.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 38 (2.87%)
Scottish: 10 (0.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 34 (2.57%)
Swiss: 15 (1.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 75 (5.67%)
Welsh: 10 (0.76%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 126 (9.52%)

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