Le Mars, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1944400, place: Le Mars city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,443 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 182 (7.45%)
Kindergarten: 154 (6.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,087 (44.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 655 (26.81%)
College or graduate school: 365 (14.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,933 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 422 (7.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 424 (7.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,050 (34.55%)
Some college, no degree: 1,407 (23.71%)
Associate degree: 364 (6.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,013 (17.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 253 (4.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,137 (100%)
Never married: 1,664 (23.32%)
Now married, except separated: 4,239 (59.39%)
Separated: 42 (0.59%)
Total Widowed: 605 (8.48%)
Widowed Female: 538 (7.54%)
Total Divorced: 587 (8.22%)
Divorced Female: 341 (4.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (44.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,690 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 847 (12.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,196 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (7.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,725 (100%)
--With a disability: 727 (15.39%)
----Percent employed: 60.2%
--No disability: 3,998 (84.61%)
----Percent employed: 87.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,334 (100%)
--With a disability: 503 (37.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,512 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,485 (52.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,929 (46.16%)
--Same county: 2,531 (29.73%)
--Different county: 1,398 (16.42%)
----Same state: 828 (9.73%)
----Different state: 570 (6.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 98 (1.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,205 (100%)
Native: 9,055 (98.37%)
--Born in United States: 9,034 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,450 (80.93%)
----Different state: 1,584 (17.21%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 150 (1.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 122 (1.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 111 (1.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 150 (100%)
Europe: 11 (7.33%)
Asia: 14 (9.33%)
Africa: 39 (26%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 86 (57.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,512 (100%)
English only: 8,169 (95.97%)
Language other than English: 343 (4.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 157 (1.84%)
--Spanish: 218 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (1.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 125 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,205 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,832% (106.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 92 (1%)
Danish: 256 (2.78%)
Dutch: 691 (7.51%)
English: 586 (6.37%)
French (except Basque): 220 (2.39%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.12%)
German: 4,531 (49.22%)
Greek: 15 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,171 (12.72%)
Italian: 66 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 327 (3.55%)
Polish: 79 (0.86%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (0.52%)
Scottish: 59 (0.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.22%)
Swedish: 275 (2.99%)
Swiss: 27 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 629 (6.83%)
Welsh: 72 (0.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 657 (7.14%)

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