Clarion, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1913620, place: Clarion city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 671 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (7.75%)
Kindergarten: 33 (4.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 323 (48.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 189 (28.17%)
College or graduate school: 74 (11.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,065 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 154 (7.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 190 (9.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 794 (38.45%)
Some college, no degree: 420 (20.34%)
Associate degree: 164 (7.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 245 (11.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 98 (4.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,424 (100%)
Never married: 450 (18.56%)
Now married, except separated: 1,480 (61.06%)
Separated: 20 (0.83%)
Total Widowed: 301 (12.42%)
Widowed Female: 251 (10.35%)
Total Divorced: 173 (7.14%)
Divorced Female: 102 (4.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,282 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 290 (12.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 618 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (7.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,500 (100%)
--With a disability: 277 (18.47%)
----Percent employed: 70.8%
--No disability: 1,223 (81.53%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 586 (100%)
--With a disability: 229 (39.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,803 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,613 (57.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,141 (40.71%)
--Same county: 712 (25.4%)
--Different county: 429 (15.31%)
----Same state: 199 (7.1%)
----Different state: 230 (8.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 49 (1.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,961 (100%)
Native: 2,766 (93.41%)
--Born in United States: 2,744 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,219 (74.94%)
----Different state: 525 (17.73%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 195 (6.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 96 (3.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 64 (2.16%)
--Not a citizen: 131 (4.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 195 (100%)
Europe: 13 (6.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 182 (93.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,803 (100%)
English only: 2,459 (87.73%)
Language other than English: 344 (12.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (4.35%)
--Spanish: 299 (10.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (4.07%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 45 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,961 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,249% (109.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 30 (1.01%)
Danish: 85 (2.87%)
Dutch: 114 (3.85%)
English: 320 (10.81%)
French (except Basque): 180 (6.08%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.2%)
German: 952 (32.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 225 (7.6%)
Italian: 21 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 392 (13.24%)
Polish: 52 (1.76%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 45 (1.52%)
Scottish: 26 (0.88%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.1%)
Swedish: 103 (3.48%)
Swiss: 8 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 256 (8.65%)
Welsh: 35 (1.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 396 (13.37%)

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