Garner, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1929955, place: Garner city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 753 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (6.91%)
Kindergarten: 44 (5.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 328 (43.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 253 (33.6%)
College or graduate school: 76 (10.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,996 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 112 (5.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 90 (4.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 731 (36.62%)
Some college, no degree: 477 (23.9%)
Associate degree: 204 (10.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 265 (13.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 117 (5.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,359 (100%)
Never married: 466 (19.75%)
Now married, except separated: 1,464 (62.06%)
Separated: 23 (0.97%)
Total Widowed: 242 (10.26%)
Widowed Female: 185 (7.84%)
Total Divorced: 164 (6.95%)
Divorced Female: 108 (4.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,191 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 316 (14.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 672 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (2.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,538 (100%)
--With a disability: 164 (10.66%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
--No disability: 1,374 (89.34%)
----Percent employed: 86.2%
Population 65 years and over: 503 (100%)
--With a disability: 164 (32.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,765 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,752 (63.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,013 (36.64%)
--Same county: 607 (21.95%)
--Different county: 406 (14.68%)
----Same state: 247 (8.93%)
----Different state: 159 (5.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,927 (100%)
Native: 2,901 (99.11%)
--Born in United States: 2,892 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,313 (79.02%)
----Different state: 579 (19.78%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 26 (0.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (0.89%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 11 (42.31%)
Asia: 15 (57.69%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,765 (100%)
English only: 2,720 (98.37%)
Language other than English: 45 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.22%)
--Spanish: 29 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,927 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,595% (122.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 229 (7.82%)
Danish: 89 (3.04%)
Dutch: 103 (3.52%)
English: 331 (11.31%)
French (except Basque): 86 (2.94%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.24%)
German: 1,442 (49.27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 301 (10.28%)
Italian: 34 (1.16%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 488 (16.67%)
Polish: 27 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 42 (1.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (0.96%)
Scottish: 60 (2.05%)
Slovak: 11 (0.38%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 60 (2.05%)
Swiss: 25 (0.85%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.38%)
United States or American: 80 (2.73%)
Welsh: 14 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 127 (4.34%)

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