Oakland, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1958080, place: Oakland city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 371 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (8.63%)
Kindergarten: 22 (5.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 179 (48.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 95 (25.61%)
College or graduate school: 43 (11.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,000 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 61 (6.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 70 (7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 460 (46%)
Some college, no degree: 211 (21.1%)
Associate degree: 68 (6.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 88 (8.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 42 (4.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,181 (100%)
Never married: 216 (18.29%)
Now married, except separated: 736 (62.32%)
Separated: 17 (1.44%)
Total Widowed: 120 (10.16%)
Widowed Female: 102 (8.64%)
Total Divorced: 92 (7.79%)
Divorced Female: 49 (4.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (10%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,108 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 145 (13.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 334 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (6.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 729 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (17.15%)
----Percent employed: 55.2%
--No disability: 604 (82.85%)
----Percent employed: 87.9%
Population 65 years and over: 267 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (40.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,394 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 794 (56.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 600 (43.04%)
--Same county: 408 (29.27%)
--Different county: 192 (13.77%)
----Same state: 68 (4.88%)
----Different state: 124 (8.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,473 (100%)
Native: 1,453 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 1,445 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,069 (72.57%)
----Different state: 376 (25.53%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 20 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.75%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 7 (35%)
Asia: 5 (25%)
Africa: 6 (30%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (10%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,394 (100%)
English only: 1,360 (97.56%)
Language other than English: 34 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.29%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,473 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,427% (96.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (0.95%)
Danish: 68 (4.62%)
Dutch: 42 (2.85%)
English: 146 (9.91%)
French (except Basque): 31 (2.1%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.61%)
German: 485 (32.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.27%)
Irish: 176 (11.95%)
Italian: 33 (2.24%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 19 (1.29%)
Polish: 29 (1.97%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.61%)
Scotch-Irish: 57 (3.87%)
Scottish: 39 (2.65%)
Slovak: 2 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.68%)
Swedish: 35 (2.38%)
Swiss: 8 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 109 (7.4%)
Welsh: 4 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 94 (6.38%)

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