Polk City, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1964020, place: Polk City city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 624 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (7.85%)
Kindergarten: 41 (6.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 271 (43.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 150 (24.04%)
College or graduate school: 113 (18.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,505 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20 (1.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 120 (7.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 422 (28.04%)
Some college, no degree: 403 (26.78%)
Associate degree: 144 (9.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 307 (20.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 89 (5.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,803 (100%)
Never married: 417 (23.13%)
Now married, except separated: 1,141 (63.28%)
Separated: 19 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 56 (3.11%)
Widowed Female: 54 (3%)
Total Divorced: 170 (9.43%)
Divorced Female: 90 (4.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,677 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 201 (11.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 550 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,398 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (10.94%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
--No disability: 1,245 (89.06%)
----Percent employed: 90.7%
Population 65 years and over: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (39.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,144 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,189 (55.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 947 (44.17%)
--Same county: 619 (28.87%)
--Different county: 328 (15.3%)
----Same state: 203 (9.47%)
----Different state: 125 (5.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,339 (100%)
Native: 2,306 (98.59%)
--Born in United States: 2,295 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,822 (77.9%)
----Different state: 473 (20.22%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 33 (1.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 23 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 14 (42.42%)
Asia: 13 (39.39%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (6.06%)
Northern America: 4 (12.12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,144 (100%)
English only: 2,086 (97.29%)
Language other than English: 58 (2.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.56%)
--Spanish: 35 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,339 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,467% (105.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 32 (1.37%)
Danish: 84 (3.59%)
Dutch: 116 (4.96%)
English: 258 (11.03%)
French (except Basque): 63 (2.69%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.73%)
German: 752 (32.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.68%)
Irish: 313 (13.38%)
Italian: 73 (3.12%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 171 (7.31%)
Polish: 52 (2.22%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (1.28%)
Scottish: 45 (1.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.09%)
Swedish: 131 (5.6%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.09%)
United States or American: 152 (6.5%)
Welsh: 7 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 146 (6.24%)

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