Chester, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1913125, place: Chester city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 36 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (13.89%)
Kindergarten: 2 (5.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 10 (27.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 15 (41.67%)
College or graduate school: 4 (11.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 114 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (9.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7 (6.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 57 (50%)
Some college, no degree: 22 (19.3%)
Associate degree: 4 (3.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 4 (3.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (7.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 138 (100%)
Never married: 30 (21.74%)
Now married, except separated: 81 (58.7%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 21 (15.22%)
Widowed Female: 21 (15.22%)
Total Divorced: 6 (4.35%)
Divorced Female: 4 (2.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 131 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 20 (15.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 35 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 62 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (19.35%)
----Percent employed: 33.3%
--No disability: 50 (80.65%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 55 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (50.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 152 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 126 (82.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 26 (17.11%)
--Same county: 7 (4.61%)
--Different county: 19 (12.5%)
----Same state: 3 (1.97%)
----Different state: 16 (10.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 158 (100%)
Native: 158 (100%)
--Born in United States: 155 (100%)
----State of residence: 114 (72.15%)
----Different state: 41 (25.95%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (1.9%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 152 (100%)
English only: 149 (98.03%)
Language other than English: 3 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 3 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 158 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 215% (136.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (5.06%)
Danish: 3 (1.9%)
Dutch: 22 (13.92%)
English: 23 (14.56%)
French (except Basque): 9 (5.7%)
French Canadian: 3 (1.9%)
German: 73 (46.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 4 (2.53%)
Italian: 8 (5.06%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 44 (27.85%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 2 (1.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (5.7%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 5 (3.16%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2 (1.27%)

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