Martensdale, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1949890, place: Martensdale city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 147 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (6.8%)
Kindergarten: 4 (2.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 64 (43.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 51 (34.69%)
College or graduate school: 18 (12.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 285 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8 (2.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 25 (8.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 122 (42.81%)
Some college, no degree: 78 (27.37%)
Associate degree: 19 (6.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 25 (8.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (2.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 355 (100%)
Never married: 83 (23.38%)
Now married, except separated: 210 (59.15%)
Separated: 2 (0.56%)
Total Widowed: 20 (5.63%)
Widowed Female: 16 (4.51%)
Total Divorced: 40 (11.27%)
Divorced Female: 20 (5.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 313 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 46 (14.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 143 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (11.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 223 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (15.7%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
--No disability: 188 (84.3%)
----Percent employed: 89.4%
Population 65 years and over: 61 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (54.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 434 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 287 (66.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 145 (33.41%)
--Same county: 91 (20.97%)
--Different county: 54 (12.44%)
----Same state: 36 (8.29%)
----Different state: 18 (4.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 464 (100%)
Native: 458 (98.71%)
--Born in United States: 458 (100%)
----State of residence: 384 (82.76%)
----Different state: 74 (15.95%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (1.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.86%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 2 (33.33%)
Asia: 2 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (33.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 434 (100%)
English only: 417 (96.08%)
Language other than English: 17 (3.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.69%)
--Spanish: 13 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 464 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 378% (81.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.86%)
Dutch: 13 (2.8%)
English: 31 (6.68%)
French (except Basque): 17 (3.66%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 125 (26.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 5 (1.08%)
Irish: 53 (11.42%)
Italian: 8 (1.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (3.23%)
Polish: 2 (0.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (1.51%)
Scottish: 10 (2.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (1.72%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 29 (6.25%)
Welsh: 7 (1.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 42 (9.05%)

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