Cambridge, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1910225, place: Cambridge city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 236 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (5.08%)
Kindergarten: 10 (4.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 106 (44.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 47 (19.92%)
College or graduate school: 61 (25.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 523 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2 (0.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 43 (8.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 200 (38.24%)
Some college, no degree: 117 (22.37%)
Associate degree: 71 (13.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 76 (14.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (2.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 634 (100%)
Never married: 160 (25.24%)
Now married, except separated: 377 (59.46%)
Separated: 4 (0.63%)
Total Widowed: 36 (5.68%)
Widowed Female: 28 (4.42%)
Total Divorced: 57 (8.99%)
Divorced Female: 27 (4.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 592 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 81 (13.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 176 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (5.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 498 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (11.04%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
--No disability: 443 (88.96%)
----Percent employed: 92.1%
Population 65 years and over: 80 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 756 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 435 (57.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 312 (41.27%)
--Same county: 177 (23.41%)
--Different county: 135 (17.86%)
----Same state: 84 (11.11%)
----Different state: 51 (6.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (1.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 817 (100%)
Native: 801 (98.04%)
--Born in United States: 797 (100%)
----State of residence: 649 (79.44%)
----Different state: 148 (18.12%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 16 (1.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (1.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.24%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (1.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 7 (43.75%)
Asia: 9 (56.25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 756 (100%)
English only: 722 (95.5%)
Language other than English: 34 (4.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 7 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 817 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 893% (109.3%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (1.47%)
Danish: 24 (2.94%)
Dutch: 30 (3.67%)
English: 92 (11.26%)
French (except Basque): 31 (3.79%)
French Canadian: 10 (1.22%)
German: 280 (34.27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 83 (10.16%)
Italian: 10 (1.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 85 (10.4%)
Polish: 4 (0.49%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.24%)
Scottish: 31 (3.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 29 (3.55%)
Swiss: 2 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.24%)
United States or American: 77 (9.42%)
Welsh: 4 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 85 (10.4%)

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