Nevada, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1955695, place: Nevada city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,757 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 161 (9.16%)
Kindergarten: 101 (5.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 711 (40.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 407 (23.16%)
College or graduate school: 377 (21.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,388 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 178 (4.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 340 (7.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,532 (34.91%)
Some college, no degree: 968 (22.06%)
Associate degree: 373 (8.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 603 (13.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 394 (8.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,337 (100%)
Never married: 1,276 (23.91%)
Now married, except separated: 2,919 (54.69%)
Separated: 67 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 428 (8.02%)
Widowed Female: 358 (6.71%)
Total Divorced: 647 (12.12%)
Divorced Female: 333 (6.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (44.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,048 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 649 (12.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (11.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,765 (100%)
--With a disability: 653 (17.34%)
----Percent employed: 74.6%
--No disability: 3,112 (82.66%)
----Percent employed: 87%
Population 65 years and over: 809 (100%)
--With a disability: 361 (44.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,253 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,047 (48.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,166 (50.63%)
--Same county: 1,812 (28.98%)
--Different county: 1,354 (21.65%)
----Same state: 666 (10.65%)
----Different state: 688 (11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,712 (100%)
Native: 6,620 (98.63%)
--Born in United States: 6,598 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,135 (76.5%)
----Different state: 1,463 (21.8%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 92 (1.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 46 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 75 (1.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 92 (100%)
Europe: 49 (53.26%)
Asia: 34 (36.96%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (9.78%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,253 (100%)
English only: 6,058 (96.88%)
Language other than English: 195 (3.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 75 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 88 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 20 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,712 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,574% (97.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 100 (1.49%)
Danish: 118 (1.76%)
Dutch: 183 (2.73%)
English: 579 (8.63%)
French (except Basque): 132 (1.97%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.49%)
German: 2,135 (31.81%)
Greek: 6 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 773 (11.52%)
Italian: 90 (1.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 788 (11.74%)
Polish: 79 (1.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 19 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 117 (1.74%)
Scottish: 127 (1.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 244 (3.64%)
Swiss: 10 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 460 (6.85%)
Welsh: 104 (1.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 28 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 449 (6.69%)

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