Cedar Rapids, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1912000, place: Cedar Rapids city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 31,525 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,447 (7.76%)
Kindergarten: 1,845 (5.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,448 (42.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,112 (19.39%)
College or graduate school: 7,673 (24.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 78,178 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,218 (2.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,535 (7.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 22,897 (29.29%)
Some college, no degree: 18,586 (23.77%)
Associate degree: 6,756 (8.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 16,424 (21.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,762 (7.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 95,604 (100%)
Never married: 26,434 (27.65%)
Now married, except separated: 51,494 (53.86%)
Separated: 1,194 (1.25%)
Total Widowed: 6,145 (6.43%)
Widowed Female: 5,073 (5.31%)
Total Divorced: 10,337 (10.81%)
Divorced Female: 5,796 (6.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,113 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 509 (45.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 91,170 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 13,515 (14.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 26,919 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,717 (10.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 69,063 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,848 (14.26%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
--No disability: 59,215 (85.74%)
----Percent employed: 85%
Population 65 years and over: 14,868 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,332 (35.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 112,239 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 56,173 (50.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 54,256 (48.34%)
--Same county: 32,590 (29.04%)
--Different county: 21,666 (19.3%)
----Same state: 11,214 (9.99%)
----Different state: 10,452 (9.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,810 (1.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 120,563 (100%)
Native: 116,630 (96.74%)
--Born in United States: 116,173 (100%)
----State of residence: 88,913 (73.75%)
----Different state: 27,260 (22.61%)
--Born outside United States: 457 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 3,933 (3.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,199 (1.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,509 (1.25%)
--Not a citizen: 2,424 (2.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,933 (100%)
Europe: 811 (20.62%)
Asia: 2,085 (53.01%)
Africa: 198 (5.03%)
Oceania: 43 (1.09%)
Latin America: 670 (17.04%)
Northern America: 126 (3.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 112,239 (100%)
English only: 105,832 (94.29%)
Language other than English: 6,407 (5.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,118 (1.89%)
--Spanish: 2,457 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 784 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,138 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 537 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,264 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 499 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 120,563 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 136,014% (112.82%)
Arab: 818 (0.68%)
Czech: 9,382 (7.78%)
Danish: 1,714 (1.42%)
Dutch: 3,345 (2.77%)
English: 11,379 (9.44%)
French (except Basque): 3,527 (2.93%)
French Canadian: 408 (0.34%)
German: 42,747 (35.46%)
Greek: 405 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 260 (0.22%)
Irish: 20,591 (17.08%)
Italian: 2,265 (1.88%)
Lithuanian: 86 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 6,145 (5.1%)
Polish: 1,796 (1.49%)
Portuguese: 69 (0.06%)
Russian: 204 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,927 (1.6%)
Scottish: 2,329 (1.93%)
Slovak: 164 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 429 (0.36%)
Swedish: 3,179 (2.64%)
Swiss: 566 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 60 (0.05%)
United States or American: 6,605 (5.48%)
Welsh: 816 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 74 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 14,724 (12.21%)

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