Eldon, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1924420, place: Eldon city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 235 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (8.94%)
Kindergarten: 21 (8.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 112 (47.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 49 (20.85%)
College or graduate school: 32 (13.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 684 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 45 (6.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 98 (14.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 341 (49.85%)
Some college, no degree: 116 (16.96%)
Associate degree: 46 (6.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (4.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (1.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 784 (100%)
Never married: 117 (14.92%)
Now married, except separated: 443 (56.51%)
Separated: 17 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 80 (10.2%)
Widowed Female: 65 (8.29%)
Total Divorced: 127 (16.2%)
Divorced Female: 70 (8.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (52.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 750 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 114 (15.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 207 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (4.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 558 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (22.58%)
----Percent employed: 46%
--No disability: 432 (77.42%)
----Percent employed: 77.3%
Population 65 years and over: 170 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (48.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 935 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 568 (60.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 363 (38.82%)
--Same county: 198 (21.18%)
--Different county: 165 (17.65%)
----Same state: 96 (10.27%)
----Different state: 69 (7.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,013 (100%)
Native: 1,004 (99.11%)
--Born in United States: 1,004 (100%)
----State of residence: 867 (85.59%)
----Different state: 137 (13.52%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.3%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 4 (44.44%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (33.33%)
Northern America: 2 (22.22%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 935 (100%)
English only: 907 (97.01%)
Language other than English: 28 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.64%)
--Spanish: 21 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,013 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 952% (93.98%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.79%)
Danish: 4 (0.39%)
Dutch: 77 (7.6%)
English: 140 (13.82%)
French (except Basque): 25 (2.47%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 248 (24.48%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 172 (16.98%)
Italian: 9 (0.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (1.38%)
Polish: 6 (0.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (0.99%)
Scottish: 33 (3.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.69%)
Swedish: 21 (2.07%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 73 (7.21%)
Welsh: 10 (0.99%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 93 (9.18%)

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