Dakota City, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1918075, place: Dakota City city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 233 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (12.45%)
Kindergarten: 16 (6.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 103 (44.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 65 (27.9%)
College or graduate school: 20 (8.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 584 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 33 (5.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 47 (8.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 247 (42.29%)
Some college, no degree: 144 (24.66%)
Associate degree: 53 (9.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 58 (9.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 707 (100%)
Never married: 145 (20.51%)
Now married, except separated: 435 (61.53%)
Separated: 7 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 51 (7.21%)
Widowed Female: 43 (6.08%)
Total Divorced: 69 (9.76%)
Divorced Female: 44 (6.22%)

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: 660 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 75 (11.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 220 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (5.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 503 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (16.1%)
----Percent employed: 65.4%
--No disability: 422 (83.9%)
----Percent employed: 88.4%
Population 65 years and over: 110 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (29.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 833 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 523 (62.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 305 (36.61%)
--Same county: 179 (21.49%)
--Different county: 126 (15.13%)
----Same state: 77 (9.24%)
----Different state: 49 (5.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 922 (100%)
Native: 919 (99.67%)
--Born in United States: 909 (100%)
----State of residence: 770 (83.51%)
----Different state: 139 (15.08%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (1.08%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.22%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 3 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 833 (100%)
English only: 817 (98.08%)
Language other than English: 16 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.32%)
--Spanish: 13 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 922 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,028% (111.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (1.41%)
Danish: 62 (6.72%)
Dutch: 17 (1.84%)
English: 53 (5.75%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.54%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.43%)
German: 402 (43.6%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 123 (13.34%)
Italian: 7 (0.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 172 (18.66%)
Polish: 12 (1.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 19 (2.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 41 (4.45%)
Swiss: 2 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 55 (5.97%)
Welsh: 4 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 37 (4.01%)

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