Manchester, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1948810, place: Manchester city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,434 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 97 (6.76%)
Kindergarten: 55 (3.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 691 (48.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 368 (25.66%)
College or graduate school: 223 (15.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,493 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 305 (8.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 231 (6.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,477 (42.28%)
Some college, no degree: 680 (19.47%)
Associate degree: 132 (3.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 506 (14.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 162 (4.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,181 (100%)
Never married: 953 (22.79%)
Now married, except separated: 2,350 (56.21%)
Separated: 32 (0.77%)
Total Widowed: 464 (11.1%)
Widowed Female: 397 (9.5%)
Total Divorced: 382 (9.14%)
Divorced Female: 221 (5.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 40 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (42.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,906 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 482 (12.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,302 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (9.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,631 (100%)
--With a disability: 477 (18.13%)
----Percent employed: 60.4%
--No disability: 2,154 (81.87%)
----Percent employed: 86.4%
Population 65 years and over: 935 (100%)
--With a disability: 396 (42.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,006 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,824 (56.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,167 (43.29%)
--Same county: 1,277 (25.51%)
--Different county: 890 (17.78%)
----Same state: 524 (10.47%)
----Different state: 366 (7.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,308 (100%)
Native: 5,256 (99.02%)
--Born in United States: 5,256 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,577 (86.23%)
----Different state: 679 (12.79%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 52 (0.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 46 (0.87%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 52 (100%)
Europe: 23 (44.23%)
Asia: 22 (42.31%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (13.46%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,006 (100%)
English only: 4,840 (96.68%)
Language other than English: 166 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (1.06%)
--Spanish: 82 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 62 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,308 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,743% (108.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 65 (1.22%)
Danish: 29 (0.55%)
Dutch: 135 (2.54%)
English: 656 (12.36%)
French (except Basque): 62 (1.17%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.41%)
German: 2,641 (49.76%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 802 (15.11%)
Italian: 17 (0.32%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 173 (3.26%)
Polish: 57 (1.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 83 (1.56%)
Scottish: 18 (0.34%)
Slovak: 18 (0.34%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 171 (3.22%)
Swiss: 40 (0.75%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 408 (7.69%)
Welsh: 19 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 327 (6.16%)

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