Fort Dodge, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1928515, place: Fort Dodge city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,281 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 440 (7.01%)
Kindergarten: 390 (6.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,682 (42.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,402 (22.32%)
College or graduate school: 1,367 (21.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,296 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 959 (5.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,682 (10.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,612 (34.44%)
Some college, no degree: 3,378 (20.73%)
Associate degree: 1,501 (9.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,185 (13.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 979 (6.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,010 (100%)
Never married: 5,218 (26.08%)
Now married, except separated: 10,238 (51.16%)
Separated: 193 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 2,134 (10.66%)
Widowed Female: 1,803 (9.01%)
Total Divorced: 2,227 (11.13%)
Divorced Female: 1,194 (5.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 273 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 164 (60.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,003 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,729 (14.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,773 (100%)
--With a disability: 400 (6.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,755 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,178 (17.08%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
--No disability: 10,577 (82.92%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 4,054 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,678 (41.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,402 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,466 (53.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,748 (45.93%)
--Same county: 7,082 (30.26%)
--Different county: 3,666 (15.67%)
----Same state: 2,357 (10.07%)
----Different state: 1,309 (5.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 188 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,125 (100%)
Native: 24,545 (97.69%)
--Born in United States: 24,470 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,281 (80.72%)
----Different state: 4,189 (16.67%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 580 (2.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 298 (1.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 224 (0.89%)
--Not a citizen: 356 (1.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 580 (100%)
Europe: 149 (25.69%)
Asia: 208 (35.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (1.21%)
Latin America: 204 (35.17%)
Northern America: 12 (2.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,402 (100%)
English only: 22,266 (95.15%)
Language other than English: 1,136 (4.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 542 (2.32%)
--Spanish: 574 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 306 (1.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 341 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 98 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 208 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 138 (0.59%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,125 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,168% (104.15%)
Arab: 35 (0.14%)
Czech: 654 (2.6%)
Danish: 518 (2.06%)
Dutch: 751 (2.99%)
English: 1,748 (6.96%)
French (except Basque): 490 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 51 (0.2%)
German: 8,147 (32.43%)
Greek: 54 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.04%)
Irish: 3,694 (14.7%)
Italian: 419 (1.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2,406 (9.58%)
Polish: 296 (1.18%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.07%)
Russian: 78 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 288 (1.15%)
Scottish: 323 (1.29%)
Slovak: 67 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.04%)
Swedish: 1,589 (6.32%)
Swiss: 147 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 26 (0.1%)
United States or American: 1,339 (5.33%)
Welsh: 151 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,860 (11.38%)

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