Marengo, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1949395, place: Marengo city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 566 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 44 (7.77%)
Kindergarten: 28 (4.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 272 (48.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 127 (22.44%)
College or graduate school: 95 (16.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,693 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 72 (4.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 156 (9.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 828 (48.91%)
Some college, no degree: 361 (21.32%)
Associate degree: 121 (7.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 105 (6.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (2.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,006 (100%)
Never married: 413 (20.59%)
Now married, except separated: 1,084 (54.04%)
Separated: 27 (1.35%)
Total Widowed: 248 (12.36%)
Widowed Female: 213 (10.62%)
Total Divorced: 234 (11.67%)
Divorced Female: 137 (6.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,909 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 292 (15.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 542 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (5.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,313 (100%)
--With a disability: 178 (13.56%)
----Percent employed: 64.6%
--No disability: 1,135 (86.44%)
----Percent employed: 89.3%
Population 65 years and over: 413 (100%)
--With a disability: 198 (47.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,353 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,397 (59.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 956 (40.63%)
--Same county: 622 (26.43%)
--Different county: 334 (14.19%)
----Same state: 243 (10.33%)
----Different state: 91 (3.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,539 (100%)
Native: 2,507 (98.74%)
--Born in United States: 2,498 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,136 (84.13%)
----Different state: 362 (14.26%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 32 (1.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.79%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 9 (28.13%)
Asia: 14 (43.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (15.63%)
Northern America: 4 (12.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,353 (100%)
English only: 2,299 (97.71%)
Language other than English: 54 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.89%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 30 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,539 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,373% (93.46%)
Arab: 3 (0.12%)
Czech: 94 (3.7%)
Danish: 23 (0.91%)
Dutch: 80 (3.15%)
English: 228 (8.98%)
French (except Basque): 91 (3.58%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 883 (34.78%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 322 (12.68%)
Italian: 23 (0.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 60 (2.36%)
Polish: 27 (1.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (2.28%)
Scottish: 20 (0.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 56 (2.21%)
Swiss: 22 (0.87%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 198 (7.8%)
Welsh: 43 (1.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 142 (5.59%)

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