De Witt, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1921180, place: De Witt city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,318 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 123 (9.33%)
Kindergarten: 89 (6.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 562 (42.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 354 (26.86%)
College or graduate school: 190 (14.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,360 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 160 (4.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 193 (5.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,266 (37.68%)
Some college, no degree: 781 (23.24%)
Associate degree: 310 (9.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 507 (15.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 143 (4.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,995 (100%)
Never married: 837 (20.95%)
Now married, except separated: 2,407 (60.25%)
Separated: 25 (0.63%)
Total Widowed: 398 (9.96%)
Widowed Female: 329 (8.24%)
Total Divorced: 328 (8.21%)
Divorced Female: 214 (5.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (72.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,746 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 394 (10.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,116 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (2.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,774 (100%)
--With a disability: 356 (12.83%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
--No disability: 2,418 (87.17%)
----Percent employed: 86.1%
Population 65 years and over: 764 (100%)
--With a disability: 325 (42.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,729 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,586 (54.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,074 (43.86%)
--Same county: 1,093 (23.11%)
--Different county: 981 (20.74%)
----Same state: 634 (13.41%)
----Different state: 347 (7.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 69 (1.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,050 (100%)
Native: 4,926 (97.54%)
--Born in United States: 4,915 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,076 (80.71%)
----Different state: 839 (16.61%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.22%)
Foreign born: 124 (2.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 58 (1.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 34 (0.67%)
--Not a citizen: 90 (1.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 124 (100%)
Europe: 53 (42.74%)
Asia: 8 (6.45%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (14.52%)
Northern America: 45 (36.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,729 (100%)
English only: 4,630 (97.91%)
Language other than English: 99 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (1.37%)
--Spanish: 31 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,050 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,062% (100.24%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 27 (0.53%)
Danish: 88 (1.74%)
Dutch: 130 (2.57%)
English: 407 (8.06%)
French (except Basque): 83 (1.64%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 2,344 (46.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 730 (14.46%)
Italian: 9 (0.18%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.57%)
Norwegian: 193 (3.82%)
Polish: 79 (1.56%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.14%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 86 (1.7%)
Scottish: 66 (1.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 95 (1.88%)
Swiss: 17 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 337 (6.67%)
Welsh: 26 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 309 (6.12%)

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