Nashua, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1955335, place: Nashua city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 399 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (6.52%)
Kindergarten: 18 (4.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 184 (46.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 114 (28.57%)
College or graduate school: 57 (14.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,074 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 66 (6.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 85 (7.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 484 (45.07%)
Some college, no degree: 244 (22.72%)
Associate degree: 55 (5.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 76 (7.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 64 (5.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,304 (100%)
Never married: 260 (19.94%)
Now married, except separated: 802 (61.5%)
Separated: 14 (1.07%)
Total Widowed: 124 (9.51%)
Widowed Female: 106 (8.13%)
Total Divorced: 104 (7.98%)
Divorced Female: 39 (2.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (73.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,223 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 217 (17.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 364 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (5.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 838 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (14.92%)
----Percent employed: 44.8%
--No disability: 713 (85.08%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 332 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (37.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,534 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,030 (67.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 504 (32.86%)
--Same county: 238 (15.51%)
--Different county: 266 (17.34%)
----Same state: 184 (11.99%)
----Different state: 82 (5.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,613 (100%)
Native: 1,605 (99.5%)
--Born in United States: 1,599 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,376 (85.31%)
----Different state: 223 (13.83%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.12%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 4 (50%)
Asia: 2 (25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,534 (100%)
English only: 1,495 (97.46%)
Language other than English: 39 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.59%)
--Spanish: 20 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,613 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,719% (106.57%)
Arab: 2 (0.12%)
Czech: 23 (1.43%)
Danish: 30 (1.86%)
Dutch: 24 (1.49%)
English: 160 (9.92%)
French (except Basque): 39 (2.42%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.12%)
German: 841 (52.14%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 199 (12.34%)
Italian: 30 (1.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 78 (4.84%)
Polish: 6 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (1.67%)
Scottish: 22 (1.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 34 (2.11%)
Swiss: 8 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 79 (4.9%)
Welsh: 11 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 102 (6.32%)

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