Cresco, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1917220, place: Cresco city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 899 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 79 (8.79%)
Kindergarten: 54 (6.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 470 (52.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 201 (22.36%)
College or graduate school: 95 (10.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,649 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 252 (9.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 272 (10.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 979 (36.96%)
Some college, no degree: 482 (18.2%)
Associate degree: 209 (7.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 304 (11.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 151 (5.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,097 (100%)
Never married: 744 (24.02%)
Now married, except separated: 1,716 (55.41%)
Separated: 19 (0.61%)
Total Widowed: 408 (13.17%)
Widowed Female: 366 (11.82%)
Total Divorced: 210 (6.78%)
Divorced Female: 118 (3.81%)

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: 2,933 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 342 (11.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 871 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (4.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,922 (100%)
--With a disability: 324 (16.86%)
----Percent employed: 75.3%
--No disability: 1,598 (83.14%)
----Percent employed: 84.9%
Population 65 years and over: 782 (100%)
--With a disability: 321 (41.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,692 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,102 (56.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,582 (42.85%)
--Same county: 888 (24.05%)
--Different county: 694 (18.8%)
----Same state: 437 (11.84%)
----Different state: 257 (6.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,945 (100%)
Native: 3,938 (99.82%)
--Born in United States: 3,938 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,053 (77.39%)
----Different state: 885 (22.43%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.1%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.08%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,692 (100%)
English only: 3,552 (96.21%)
Language other than English: 140 (3.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.84%)
--Spanish: 33 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 87 (2.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,945 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,002% (126.79%)
Arab: 5 (0.13%)
Czech: 530 (13.43%)
Danish: 40 (1.01%)
Dutch: 141 (3.57%)
English: 318 (8.06%)
French (except Basque): 69 (1.75%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.1%)
German: 1,693 (42.92%)
Greek: 7 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 657 (16.65%)
Italian: 73 (1.85%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 995 (25.22%)
Polish: 44 (1.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 71 (1.8%)
Scottish: 36 (0.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 42 (1.06%)
Swiss: 66 (1.67%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 108 (2.74%)
Welsh: 32 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 67 (1.7%)

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