Burlington, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1909550, place: Burlington city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,248 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 482 (7.71%)
Kindergarten: 300 (4.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,932 (46.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,450 (23.21%)
College or graduate school: 1,084 (17.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,010 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 966 (5.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,911 (10.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,748 (37.47%)
Some college, no degree: 3,999 (22.2%)
Associate degree: 1,488 (8.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,863 (10.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,035 (5.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,437 (100%)
Never married: 5,302 (24.73%)
Now married, except separated: 11,450 (53.41%)
Separated: 323 (1.51%)
Total Widowed: 1,760 (8.21%)
Widowed Female: 1,532 (7.15%)
Total Divorced: 2,602 (12.14%)
Divorced Female: 1,474 (6.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 336 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 107 (31.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,334 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,193 (15.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,953 (100%)
--With a disability: 590 (9.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,377 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,433 (16.92%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 11,944 (83.08%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 4,303 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,695 (39.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,129 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,879 (55.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,007 (43.8%)
--Same county: 7,055 (28.08%)
--Different county: 3,952 (15.73%)
----Same state: 1,954 (7.78%)
----Different state: 1,998 (7.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 243 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,817 (100%)
Native: 26,375 (98.35%)
--Born in United States: 26,245 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,290 (71.93%)
----Different state: 6,955 (25.94%)
--Born outside United States: 130 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 442 (1.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 117 (0.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 251 (0.94%)
--Not a citizen: 191 (0.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 442 (100%)
Europe: 144 (32.58%)
Asia: 187 (42.31%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (1.36%)
Latin America: 43 (9.73%)
Northern America: 62 (14.03%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,129 (100%)
English only: 24,271 (96.59%)
Language other than English: 858 (3.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 312 (1.24%)
--Spanish: 461 (1.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 131 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 210 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 162 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,817 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,602% (99.2%)
Arab: 54 (0.2%)
Czech: 212 (0.79%)
Danish: 247 (0.92%)
Dutch: 694 (2.59%)
English: 2,521 (9.4%)
French (except Basque): 838 (3.12%)
French Canadian: 121 (0.45%)
German: 8,700 (32.44%)
Greek: 32 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 64 (0.24%)
Irish: 3,680 (13.72%)
Italian: 433 (1.61%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 333 (1.24%)
Polish: 195 (0.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 83 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 492 (1.83%)
Scottish: 408 (1.52%)
Slovak: 17 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.15%)
Swedish: 1,231 (4.59%)
Swiss: 134 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,408 (8.98%)
Welsh: 167 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,473 (12.95%)

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