Epworth, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1925725, place: Epworth city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 486 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (7.2%)
Kindergarten: 18 (3.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 175 (36.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (23.87%)
College or graduate school: 142 (29.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 875 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (5.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 63 (7.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 427 (48.8%)
Some college, no degree: 155 (17.71%)
Associate degree: 42 (4.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 100 (11.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 37 (4.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,113 (100%)
Never married: 382 (34.32%)
Now married, except separated: 620 (55.71%)
Separated: 5 (0.45%)
Total Widowed: 52 (4.67%)
Widowed Female: 46 (4.13%)
Total Divorced: 54 (4.85%)
Divorced Female: 19 (1.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,026 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 115 (11.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 383 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (4.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 817 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (11.14%)
----Percent employed: 58.2%
--No disability: 726 (88.86%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 129 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (39.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,329 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 866 (65.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 410 (30.85%)
--Same county: 332 (24.98%)
--Different county: 78 (5.87%)
----Same state: 21 (1.58%)
----Different state: 57 (4.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (3.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,429 (100%)
Native: 1,333 (93.28%)
--Born in United States: 1,326 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,212 (84.81%)
----Different state: 114 (7.98%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 96 (6.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 79 (5.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (1.68%)
--Not a citizen: 72 (5.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 96 (100%)
Europe: 19 (19.79%)
Asia: 64 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (6.25%)
Northern America: 7 (7.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,329 (100%)
English only: 1,216 (91.5%)
Language other than English: 113 (8.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (6.17%)
--Spanish: 25 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (1.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 62 (4.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (4.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,429 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,621% (113.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.56%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 19 (1.33%)
English: 85 (5.95%)
French (except Basque): 44 (3.08%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 816 (57.1%)
Greek: 7 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 390 (27.29%)
Italian: 14 (0.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (1.75%)
Polish: 10 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.42%)
Scottish: 2 (0.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 67 (4.69%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 124 (8.68%)

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