Fort Madison, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1928605, place: Fort Madison city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,506 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 168 (6.7%)
Kindergarten: 168 (6.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,202 (47.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 586 (23.38%)
College or graduate school: 382 (15.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,377 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 310 (4.2%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 791 (10.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,102 (42.05%)
Some college, no degree: 1,579 (21.4%)
Associate degree: 507 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 805 (10.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 283 (3.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,738 (100%)
Never married: 1,862 (21.31%)
Now married, except separated: 4,752 (54.38%)
Separated: 82 (0.94%)
Total Widowed: 779 (8.92%)
Widowed Female: 645 (7.38%)
Total Divorced: 1,263 (14.45%)
Divorced Female: 688 (7.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 127 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 63 (49.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,301 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,396 (16.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,342 (100%)
--With a disability: 240 (10.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,841 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,252 (21.43%)
----Percent employed: 65%
--No disability: 4,589 (78.57%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,863 (100%)
--With a disability: 838 (44.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,211 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,007 (58.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,095 (40.1%)
--Same county: 2,564 (25.11%)
--Different county: 1,531 (14.99%)
----Same state: 583 (5.71%)
----Different state: 948 (9.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 109 (1.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,887 (100%)
Native: 10,639 (97.72%)
--Born in United States: 10,589 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,501 (68.9%)
----Different state: 3,088 (28.36%)
--Born outside United States: 50 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 248 (2.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 117 (1.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 97 (0.89%)
--Not a citizen: 151 (1.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 248 (100%)
Europe: 21 (8.47%)
Asia: 127 (51.21%)
Africa: 7 (2.82%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 59 (23.79%)
Northern America: 34 (13.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,211 (100%)
English only: 9,707 (95.06%)
Language other than English: 504 (4.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 172 (1.68%)
--Spanish: 307 (3.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (1.07%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 116 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 74 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,887 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,162% (102.53%)
Arab: 35 (0.32%)
Czech: 50 (0.46%)
Danish: 149 (1.37%)
Dutch: 245 (2.25%)
English: 912 (8.38%)
French (except Basque): 297 (2.73%)
French Canadian: 46 (0.42%)
German: 3,860 (35.46%)
Greek: 10 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 18 (0.17%)
Irish: 1,277 (11.73%)
Italian: 200 (1.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 132 (1.21%)
Polish: 68 (0.62%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 19 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 136 (1.25%)
Scottish: 246 (2.26%)
Slovak: 6 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.26%)
Swedish: 306 (2.81%)
Swiss: 109 (1%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,378 (12.66%)
Welsh: 121 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,509 (13.86%)

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