Laurel, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1943680, place: Laurel city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 73 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (13.7%)
Kindergarten: 6 (8.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 29 (39.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 12 (16.44%)
College or graduate school: 16 (21.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 201 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (2.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22 (10.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 109 (54.23%)
Some college, no degree: 44 (21.89%)
Associate degree: 13 (6.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 8 (3.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 227 (100%)
Never married: 43 (18.94%)
Now married, except separated: 125 (55.07%)
Separated: 6 (2.64%)
Total Widowed: 19 (8.37%)
Widowed Female: 12 (5.29%)
Total Divorced: 34 (14.98%)
Divorced Female: 14 (6.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 217 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 38 (17.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 49 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (8.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 162 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (12.96%)
----Percent employed: 81%
--No disability: 141 (87.04%)
----Percent employed: 85.8%
Population 65 years and over: 49 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (30.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 260 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 181 (69.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 79 (30.38%)
--Same county: 33 (12.69%)
--Different county: 46 (17.69%)
----Same state: 41 (15.77%)
----Different state: 5 (1.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 287 (100%)
Native: 279 (97.21%)
--Born in United States: 279 (100%)
----State of residence: 261 (90.94%)
----Different state: 18 (6.27%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 8 (2.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (1.74%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (1.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 6 (75%)
Asia: 2 (25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 260 (100%)
English only: 252 (96.92%)
Language other than English: 8 (3.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 287 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 249% (86.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 16 (5.57%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (2.79%)
English: 27 (9.41%)
French (except Basque): 5 (1.74%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.7%)
German: 80 (27.87%)
Greek: 2 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 29 (10.1%)
Italian: 9 (3.14%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (2.44%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 16 (5.57%)
Welsh: 4 (1.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 44 (15.33%)

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