Norwalk, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1957675, place: Norwalk city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,181 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 197 (9.03%)
Kindergarten: 123 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,014 (46.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 488 (22.38%)
College or graduate school: 359 (16.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,288 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (1.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 214 (4.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,201 (28.01%)
Some college, no degree: 1,201 (28.01%)
Associate degree: 545 (12.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 777 (18.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 299 (6.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,149 (100%)
Never married: 1,093 (21.23%)
Now married, except separated: 3,283 (63.76%)
Separated: 26 (0.5%)
Total Widowed: 224 (4.35%)
Widowed Female: 211 (4.1%)
Total Divorced: 523 (10.16%)
Divorced Female: 353 (6.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 77 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (44.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,761 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 603 (12.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,917 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (3.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,011 (100%)
--With a disability: 318 (7.93%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 3,693 (92.07%)
----Percent employed: 92.4%
Population 65 years and over: 379 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (29.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,432 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,190 (65.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,218 (34.48%)
--Same county: 863 (13.42%)
--Different county: 1,355 (21.07%)
----Same state: 992 (15.42%)
----Different state: 363 (5.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,971 (100%)
Native: 6,884 (98.75%)
--Born in United States: 6,859 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,657 (81.15%)
----Different state: 1,202 (17.24%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 87 (1.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (0.79%)
--Not a citizen: 32 (0.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 87 (100%)
Europe: 44 (50.57%)
Asia: 22 (25.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (14.94%)
Northern America: 8 (9.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,432 (100%)
English only: 6,206 (96.49%)
Language other than English: 226 (3.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (1.09%)
--Spanish: 140 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 64 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,971 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,416% (106.38%)
Arab: 19 (0.27%)
Czech: 33 (0.47%)
Danish: 153 (2.19%)
Dutch: 261 (3.74%)
English: 902 (12.94%)
French (except Basque): 147 (2.11%)
French Canadian: 97 (1.39%)
German: 2,342 (33.6%)
Greek: 11 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.1%)
Irish: 1,004 (14.4%)
Italian: 202 (2.9%)
Lithuanian: 22 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 380 (5.45%)
Polish: 90 (1.29%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.09%)
Russian: 25 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 142 (2.04%)
Scottish: 118 (1.69%)
Slovak: 11 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.07%)
Swedish: 196 (2.81%)
Swiss: 19 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.09%)
United States or American: 471 (6.76%)
Welsh: 173 (2.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 574 (8.23%)

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