U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Eldora, IA

Hardin County, Iowa

Latitude: 42.360155     Longitude: -93.101325
Population 2,847 (2005)
Elevation of Eldora, Iowa: 1088 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1924465, place: Eldora city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 817 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 59 (7.22%)
Kindergarten: 9 (1.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 334 (40.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 348 (42.59%)
College or graduate school: 67 (8.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,989 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 115 (5.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 201 (10.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 802 (40.32%)
Some college, no degree: 441 (22.17%)
Associate degree: 144 (7.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 182 (9.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 104 (5.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,491 (100%)
Never married: 642 (25.77%)
Now married, except separated: 1,256 (50.42%)
Separated: 57 (2.29%)
Total Widowed: 347 (13.93%)
Widowed Female: 239 (9.59%)
Total Divorced: 189 (7.59%)
Divorced Female: 115 (4.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (46.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,180 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 266 (12.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 670 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (10.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,394 (100%)
--With a disability: 374 (26.83%)
----Percent employed: 67.6%
--No disability: 1,020 (73.17%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 517 (100%)
--With a disability: 202 (39.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,902 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,527 (52.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,360 (46.86%)
--Same county: 559 (19.26%)
--Different county: 801 (27.6%)
----Same state: 599 (20.64%)
----Different state: 202 (6.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,065 (100%)
Native: 2,993 (97.65%)
--Born in United States: 2,993 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,516 (82.09%)
----Different state: 477 (15.56%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 72 (2.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 28 (0.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 51 (1.66%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 72 (100%)
Europe: 30 (41.67%)
Asia: 42 (58.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,902 (100%)
English only: 2,851 (98.24%)
Language other than English: 51 (1.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.55%)
--Spanish: 41 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,065 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,966% (96.77%)
Arab: 10 (0.33%)
Czech: 13 (0.42%)
Danish: 30 (0.98%)
Dutch: 82 (2.68%)
English: 382 (12.46%)
French (except Basque): 53 (1.73%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.78%)
German: 1,053 (34.36%)
Greek: 10 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 341 (11.13%)
Italian: 47 (1.53%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 207 (6.75%)
Polish: 33 (1.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (0.42%)
Scottish: 54 (1.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (0.88%)
Swiss: 5 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 375 (12.23%)
Welsh: 20 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 182 (5.94%)

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