Elma, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1925095, place: Elma city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 100 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (7%)
Kindergarten: 5 (5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 55 (55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 26 (26%)
College or graduate school: 7 (7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 423 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 70 (16.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 34 (8.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 199 (47.04%)
Some college, no degree: 69 (16.31%)
Associate degree: 12 (2.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 28 (6.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (2.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 500 (100%)
Never married: 113 (22.6%)
Now married, except separated: 264 (52.8%)
Separated: 5 (1%)
Total Widowed: 90 (18%)
Widowed Female: 70 (14%)
Total Divorced: 28 (5.6%)
Divorced Female: 15 (3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 478 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 85 (17.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 119 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (4.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 281 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (16.37%)
----Percent employed: 67.4%
--No disability: 235 (83.63%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (44.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 571 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 373 (65.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 196 (34.33%)
--Same county: 106 (18.56%)
--Different county: 90 (15.76%)
----Same state: 38 (6.65%)
----Different state: 52 (9.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 608 (100%)
Native: 602 (99.01%)
--Born in United States: 602 (100%)
----State of residence: 494 (81.25%)
----Different state: 108 (17.76%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.66%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 4 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (33.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 571 (100%)
English only: 536 (93.87%)
Language other than English: 35 (6.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (5.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 608 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 681% (112.01%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 72 (11.84%)
Danish: 18 (2.96%)
Dutch: 12 (1.97%)
English: 30 (4.93%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.66%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 277 (45.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 105 (17.27%)
Italian: 8 (1.32%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 47 (7.73%)
Polish: 6 (0.99%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.99%)
Scottish: 24 (3.95%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 20 (3.29%)
Welsh: 5 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 45 (7.4%)

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