Hiawatha, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1935940, place: Hiawatha city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,445 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 100 (6.92%)
Kindergarten: 77 (5.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 651 (45.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 230 (15.92%)
College or graduate school: 387 (26.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,201 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 85 (2.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 318 (7.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,271 (30.25%)
Some college, no degree: 1,120 (26.66%)
Associate degree: 397 (9.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 779 (18.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 231 (5.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,156 (100%)
Never married: 1,499 (29.07%)
Now married, except separated: 2,674 (51.86%)
Separated: 42 (0.81%)
Total Widowed: 217 (4.21%)
Widowed Female: 165 (3.2%)
Total Divorced: 724 (14.04%)
Divorced Female: 396 (7.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (29.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,979 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 636 (12.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,201 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (8.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,098 (100%)
--With a disability: 629 (15.35%)
----Percent employed: 74.6%
--No disability: 3,469 (84.65%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 576 (100%)
--With a disability: 231 (40.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,939 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,506 (42.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,344 (56.31%)
--Same county: 2,069 (34.84%)
--Different county: 1,275 (21.47%)
----Same state: 780 (13.13%)
----Different state: 495 (8.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 89 (1.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,458 (100%)
Native: 6,285 (97.32%)
--Born in United States: 6,238 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,933 (76.39%)
----Different state: 1,305 (20.21%)
--Born outside United States: 47 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 173 (2.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 108 (1.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 118 (1.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 173 (100%)
Europe: 42 (24.28%)
Asia: 98 (56.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 33 (19.08%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,939 (100%)
English only: 5,572 (93.82%)
Language other than English: 367 (6.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 140 (2.36%)
--Spanish: 174 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (1.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 95 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 86 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,458 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,752% (104.55%)
Arab: 23 (0.36%)
Czech: 259 (4.01%)
Danish: 197 (3.05%)
Dutch: 185 (2.86%)
English: 646 (10%)
French (except Basque): 145 (2.25%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.56%)
German: 2,185 (33.83%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 54 (0.84%)
Irish: 933 (14.45%)
Italian: 173 (2.68%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 301 (4.66%)
Polish: 120 (1.86%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (0.45%)
Scottish: 29 (0.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 134 (2.07%)
Swiss: 54 (0.84%)
Ukrainian: 28 (0.43%)
United States or American: 390 (6.04%)
Welsh: 56 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 775 (12%)

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