General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1914430, place: Clinton city, Iowa)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,992 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 506 (7.24%)
Kindergarten: 383 (5.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,179 (45.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,622 (23.2%)
College or graduate school: 1,302 (18.62%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 18,374 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 979 (5.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,926 (10.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,428 (40.43%)
Some college, no degree: 3,994 (21.74%)
Associate degree: 1,312 (7.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,908 (10.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 827 (4.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 22,151 (100%)
Never married: 5,297 (23.91%)
Now married, except separated: 11,847 (53.48%)
Separated: 240 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 2,032 (9.17%)
Widowed Female: 1,674 (7.56%)
Total Divorced: 2,735 (12.35%)
Divorced Female: 1,484 (6.7%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 397 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 170 (42.82%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 20,936 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,426 (16.36%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 6,245 (100%)
--With a disability: 678 (10.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,973 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,198 (21.36%)
----Percent employed: 59.9%
--No disability: 11,775 (78.64%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,443 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,998 (44.97%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 25,991 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,345 (55.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,460 (44.09%)
--Same county: 7,762 (29.86%)
--Different county: 3,698 (14.23%)
----Same state: 1,157 (4.45%)
----Different state: 2,541 (9.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 186 (0.72%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 27,806 (100%)
Native: 27,384 (98.48%)
--Born in United States: 27,266 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,187 (72.6%)
----Different state: 7,079 (25.46%)
--Born outside United States: 118 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 422 (1.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 194 (0.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 176 (0.63%)
--Not a citizen: 246 (0.88%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 422 (100%)
Europe: 97 (22.99%)
Asia: 155 (36.73%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 157 (37.2%)
Northern America: 13 (3.08%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 25,991 (100%)
English only: 25,005 (96.21%)
Language other than English: 986 (3.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 360 (1.39%)
--Spanish: 619 (2.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 258 (0.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 297 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 59 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.09%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 27,806 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 28,983% (104.23%)
Arab: 27 (0.1%)
Czech: 169 (0.61%)
Danish: 804 (2.89%)
Dutch: 1,600 (5.75%)
English: 2,368 (8.52%)
French (except Basque): 855 (3.07%)
French Canadian: 68 (0.24%)
German: 10,218 (36.75%)
Greek: 57 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.12%)
Irish: 4,260 (15.32%)
Italian: 435 (1.56%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 567 (2.04%)
Polish: 398 (1.43%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.04%)
Russian: 32 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 389 (1.4%)
Scottish: 424 (1.52%)
Slovak: 11 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.11%)
Swedish: 815 (2.93%)
Swiss: 126 (0.45%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,914 (6.88%)
Welsh: 128 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 40 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 3,174 (11.41%)
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