Elk Run Heights, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1924870, place: Elk Run Heights city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 288 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (7.99%)
Kindergarten: 11 (3.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 155 (53.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (21.18%)
College or graduate school: 38 (13.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 707 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 47 (6.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 86 (12.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 339 (47.95%)
Some college, no degree: 117 (16.55%)
Associate degree: 55 (7.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 56 (7.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (0.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 851 (100%)
Never married: 189 (22.21%)
Now married, except separated: 530 (62.28%)
Separated: 7 (0.82%)
Total Widowed: 42 (4.94%)
Widowed Female: 32 (3.76%)
Total Divorced: 83 (9.75%)
Divorced Female: 57 (6.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (73.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 802 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 134 (16.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 268 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (6.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 603 (100%)
--With a disability: 78 (12.94%)
----Percent employed: 51.3%
--No disability: 525 (87.06%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 155 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (49.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,026 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 712 (69.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 283 (27.58%)
--Same county: 193 (18.81%)
--Different county: 90 (8.77%)
----Same state: 53 (5.17%)
----Different state: 37 (3.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (3.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,088 (100%)
Native: 1,065 (97.89%)
--Born in United States: 1,063 (100%)
----State of residence: 927 (85.2%)
----Different state: 136 (12.5%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 23 (2.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (1.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (1.56%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23 (100%)
Europe: 21 (91.3%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (8.7%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,026 (100%)
English only: 984 (95.91%)
Language other than English: 42 (4.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (2.53%)
--Spanish: 13 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (2.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (2.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,088 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,208% (111.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.37%)
Danish: 33 (3.03%)
Dutch: 19 (1.75%)
English: 69 (6.34%)
French (except Basque): 67 (6.16%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.28%)
German: 524 (48.16%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 175 (16.08%)
Italian: 38 (3.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 48 (4.41%)
Polish: 9 (0.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.92%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.83%)
Scottish: 15 (1.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.55%)
Swiss: 3 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 83 (7.63%)
Welsh: 6 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 87 (8%)

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