Defiance, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1919585, place: Defiance city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 102 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (8.82%)
Kindergarten: 5 (4.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 50 (49.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 38 (37.25%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 211 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6 (2.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 17 (8.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 115 (54.5%)
Some college, no degree: 45 (21.33%)
Associate degree: 17 (8.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (4.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 256 (100%)
Never married: 55 (21.48%)
Now married, except separated: 176 (68.75%)
Separated: 2 (0.78%)
Total Widowed: 10 (3.91%)
Widowed Female: 8 (3.13%)
Total Divorced: 13 (5.08%)
Divorced Female: 12 (4.69%)

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: 228 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 34 (14.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 100 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (10%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 169 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (18.34%)
----Percent employed: 77.4%
--No disability: 138 (81.66%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 48 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (41.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 317 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 205 (64.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 105 (33.12%)
--Same county: 53 (16.72%)
--Different county: 52 (16.4%)
----Same state: 26 (8.2%)
----Different state: 26 (8.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (2.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 358 (100%)
Native: 352 (98.32%)
--Born in United States: 342 (100%)
----State of residence: 269 (75.14%)
----Different state: 73 (20.39%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (2.79%)
Foreign born: 6 (1.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.84%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 3 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 317 (100%)
English only: 287 (90.54%)
Language other than English: 30 (9.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (6.31%)
--Spanish: 24 (7.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (6.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 358 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 365% (101.96%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.56%)
Danish: 2 (0.56%)
Dutch: 19 (5.31%)
English: 4 (1.12%)
French (except Basque): 16 (4.47%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 225 (62.85%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 48 (13.41%)
Italian: 2 (0.56%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.84%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (1.4%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.28%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 11 (3.07%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 27 (7.54%)

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