Independence, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1938100, place: Independence city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,340 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 114 (8.51%)
Kindergarten: 58 (4.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 689 (51.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 342 (25.52%)
College or graduate school: 137 (10.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,067 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 230 (5.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 358 (8.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,590 (39.1%)
Some college, no degree: 845 (20.78%)
Associate degree: 345 (8.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 536 (13.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 163 (4.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,740 (100%)
Never married: 1,047 (22.09%)
Now married, except separated: 2,751 (58.04%)
Separated: 63 (1.33%)
Total Widowed: 555 (11.71%)
Widowed Female: 468 (9.87%)
Total Divorced: 324 (6.84%)
Divorced Female: 186 (3.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (53.97%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,449 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 645 (14.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,235 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (6.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,132 (100%)
--With a disability: 513 (16.38%)
----Percent employed: 55.8%
--No disability: 2,619 (83.62%)
----Percent employed: 86.3%
Population 65 years and over: 967 (100%)
--With a disability: 377 (38.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,546 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,274 (59.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,272 (40.97%)
--Same county: 1,395 (25.15%)
--Different county: 877 (15.81%)
----Same state: 561 (10.12%)
----Different state: 316 (5.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,893 (100%)
Native: 5,772 (97.95%)
--Born in United States: 5,772 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,907 (83.27%)
----Different state: 865 (14.68%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 121 (2.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 30 (0.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 89 (1.51%)
--Not a citizen: 32 (0.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 121 (100%)
Europe: 19 (15.7%)
Asia: 44 (36.36%)
Africa: 7 (5.79%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 37 (30.58%)
Northern America: 14 (11.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,546 (100%)
English only: 5,317 (95.87%)
Language other than English: 229 (4.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (1.3%)
--Spanish: 134 (2.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,893 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,011% (102%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 52 (0.88%)
Danish: 135 (2.29%)
Dutch: 232 (3.94%)
English: 542 (9.2%)
French (except Basque): 253 (4.29%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.36%)
German: 2,294 (38.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 997 (16.92%)
Italian: 69 (1.17%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 231 (3.92%)
Polish: 63 (1.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 89 (1.51%)
Scottish: 96 (1.63%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 123 (2.09%)
Swiss: 35 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 473 (8.03%)
Welsh: 7 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 299 (5.07%)

Return to Independence,IA.