Lawton, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1943905, place: Lawton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 197 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (13.71%)
Kindergarten: 16 (8.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 85 (43.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 35 (17.77%)
College or graduate school: 34 (17.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 438 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12 (2.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 19 (4.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 163 (37.21%)
Some college, no degree: 104 (23.74%)
Associate degree: 28 (6.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 87 (19.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (5.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 528 (100%)
Never married: 102 (19.32%)
Now married, except separated: 378 (71.59%)
Separated: 7 (1.33%)
Total Widowed: 17 (3.22%)
Widowed Female: 17 (3.22%)
Total Divorced: 24 (4.55%)
Divorced Female: 18 (3.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 503 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 60 (11.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 167 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (6.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 396 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (13.13%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 344 (86.87%)
----Percent employed: 89.8%
Population 65 years and over: 81 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (45.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 644 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 319 (49.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 325 (50.47%)
--Same county: 202 (31.37%)
--Different county: 123 (19.1%)
----Same state: 52 (8.07%)
----Different state: 71 (11.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 726 (100%)
Native: 716 (98.62%)
--Born in United States: 712 (100%)
----State of residence: 549 (75.62%)
----Different state: 163 (22.45%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 10 (1.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.69%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 3 (30%)
Asia: 2 (20%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 644 (100%)
English only: 620 (96.27%)
Language other than English: 24 (3.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.4%)
--Spanish: 14 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 726 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 830% (114.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.28%)
Danish: 28 (3.86%)
Dutch: 41 (5.65%)
English: 40 (5.51%)
French (except Basque): 17 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 399 (54.96%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 105 (14.46%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 36 (4.96%)
Polish: 3 (0.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (1.24%)
Scottish: 8 (1.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 46 (6.34%)
Swiss: 2 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 30 (4.13%)
Welsh: 1 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 62 (8.54%)

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