Ossian, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1959970, place: Ossian city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 207 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (4.83%)
Kindergarten: 9 (4.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 106 (51.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (29.47%)
College or graduate school: 21 (10.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 570 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 96 (16.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 31 (5.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 258 (45.26%)
Some college, no degree: 88 (15.44%)
Associate degree: 36 (6.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 49 (8.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (2.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 655 (100%)
Never married: 109 (16.64%)
Now married, except separated: 407 (62.14%)
Separated: 2 (0.31%)
Total Widowed: 102 (15.57%)
Widowed Female: 91 (13.89%)
Total Divorced: 35 (5.34%)
Divorced Female: 16 (2.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 611 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 80 (13.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (6.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 420 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (6.19%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
--No disability: 394 (93.81%)
----Percent employed: 91.9%
Population 65 years and over: 140 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (40.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 784 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 484 (61.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 300 (38.27%)
--Same county: 216 (27.55%)
--Different county: 84 (10.71%)
----Same state: 58 (7.4%)
----Different state: 26 (3.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 835 (100%)
Native: 835 (100%)
--Born in United States: 835 (100%)
----State of residence: 721 (86.35%)
----Different state: 114 (13.65%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 784 (100%)
English only: 766 (97.7%)
Language other than English: 18 (2.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.77%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 835 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,009% (120.84%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 42 (5.03%)
Danish: 3 (0.36%)
Dutch: 3 (0.36%)
English: 22 (2.63%)
French (except Basque): 35 (4.19%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.36%)
German: 610 (73.05%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 63 (7.54%)
Italian: 6 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 179 (21.44%)
Polish: 4 (0.48%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.24%)
Scottish: 3 (0.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 14 (1.68%)
Welsh: 5 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 15 (1.8%)

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