Essex, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1925815, place: Essex city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 205 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (5.85%)
Kindergarten: 13 (6.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 98 (47.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 58 (28.29%)
College or graduate school: 24 (11.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 599 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (3.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 34 (5.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 296 (49.42%)
Some college, no degree: 135 (22.54%)
Associate degree: 34 (5.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 59 (9.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20 (3.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 687 (100%)
Never married: 132 (19.21%)
Now married, except separated: 454 (66.08%)
Separated: 4 (0.58%)
Total Widowed: 38 (5.53%)
Widowed Female: 25 (3.64%)
Total Divorced: 59 (8.59%)
Divorced Female: 34 (4.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 654 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 105 (16.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (3.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 475 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (13.89%)
----Percent employed: 57.6%
--No disability: 409 (86.11%)
----Percent employed: 88.8%
Population 65 years and over: 151 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (32.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 812 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 505 (62.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 304 (37.44%)
--Same county: 195 (24.01%)
--Different county: 109 (13.42%)
----Same state: 43 (5.3%)
----Different state: 66 (8.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 875 (100%)
Native: 868 (99.2%)
--Born in United States: 866 (100%)
----State of residence: 628 (71.77%)
----Different state: 238 (27.2%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.69%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 5 (71.43%)
Asia: 2 (28.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 812 (100%)
English only: 791 (97.41%)
Language other than English: 21 (2.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.49%)
--Spanish: 11 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 875 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 959% (109.6%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 7 (0.8%)
Dutch: 48 (5.49%)
English: 96 (10.97%)
French (except Basque): 17 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 202 (23.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.23%)
Irish: 177 (20.23%)
Italian: 12 (1.37%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 30 (3.43%)
Polish: 5 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (1.71%)
Scottish: 16 (1.83%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 165 (18.86%)
Swiss: 2 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 89 (10.17%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 75 (8.57%)

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