George, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1930225, place: George city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 192 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (5.21%)
Kindergarten: 13 (6.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 92 (47.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 44 (22.92%)
College or graduate school: 33 (17.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 785 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 202 (25.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 44 (5.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 217 (27.64%)
Some college, no degree: 145 (18.47%)
Associate degree: 51 (6.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 88 (11.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 38 (4.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 886 (100%)
Never married: 125 (14.11%)
Now married, except separated: 550 (62.08%)
Separated: 14 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 163 (18.4%)
Widowed Female: 140 (15.8%)
Total Divorced: 34 (3.84%)
Divorced Female: 21 (2.37%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 856 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 114 (13.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 170 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (3.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 451 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (15.3%)
----Percent employed: 63.8%
--No disability: 382 (84.7%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 323 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (30.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 995 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 611 (61.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 380 (38.19%)
--Same county: 223 (22.41%)
--Different county: 157 (15.78%)
----Same state: 74 (7.44%)
----Different state: 83 (8.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,047 (100%)
Native: 1,042 (99.52%)
--Born in United States: 1,039 (100%)
----State of residence: 796 (76.03%)
----Different state: 243 (23.21%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.29%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 3 (60%)
Asia: 2 (40%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 995 (100%)
English only: 900 (90.45%)
Language other than English: 95 (9.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.71%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 83 (8.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (1.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,047 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,192% (113.85%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (1.05%)
Danish: 12 (1.15%)
Dutch: 223 (21.3%)
English: 45 (4.3%)
French (except Basque): 14 (1.34%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.1%)
German: 680 (64.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 46 (4.39%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 58 (5.54%)
Polish: 19 (1.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (1.91%)
Scottish: 2 (0.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.57%)
Swiss: 2 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 27 (2.58%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 26 (2.48%)

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