Newell, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1955965, place: Newell city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 215 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (8.84%)
Kindergarten: 4 (1.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 93 (43.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 71 (33.02%)
College or graduate school: 28 (13.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 607 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 47 (7.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 54 (8.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 245 (40.36%)
Some college, no degree: 116 (19.11%)
Associate degree: 56 (9.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 77 (12.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (1.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 714 (100%)
Never married: 128 (17.93%)
Now married, except separated: 418 (58.54%)
Separated: 8 (1.12%)
Total Widowed: 100 (14.01%)
Widowed Female: 79 (11.06%)
Total Divorced: 60 (8.4%)
Divorced Female: 33 (4.62%)

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: 656 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 109 (16.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 189 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (4.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 406 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (12.81%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
--No disability: 354 (87.19%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 171 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (34.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 815 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 522 (64.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 287 (35.21%)
--Same county: 158 (19.39%)
--Different county: 129 (15.83%)
----Same state: 56 (6.87%)
----Different state: 73 (8.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 892 (100%)
Native: 872 (97.76%)
--Born in United States: 868 (100%)
----State of residence: 723 (81.05%)
----Different state: 145 (16.26%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 20 (2.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (1.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 2 (10%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (80%)
Northern America: 2 (10%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 815 (100%)
English only: 778 (95.46%)
Language other than English: 37 (4.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (1.96%)
--Spanish: 27 (3.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (1.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 892 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 877% (98.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (1.23%)
Danish: 89 (9.98%)
Dutch: 39 (4.37%)
English: 99 (11.1%)
French (except Basque): 18 (2.02%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 298 (33.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 42 (4.71%)
Italian: 2 (0.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 59 (6.61%)
Polish: 15 (1.68%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (1.23%)
Scottish: 13 (1.46%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 37 (4.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 74 (8.3%)
Welsh: 8 (0.9%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 62 (6.95%)

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