General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1964200, place: Portsmouth city, Iowa)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 74 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (6.76%)
Kindergarten: 2 (2.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 29 (39.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (43.24%)
College or graduate school: 6 (8.11%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 142 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12 (8.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7 (4.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 82 (57.75%)
Some college, no degree: 22 (15.49%)
Associate degree: 8 (5.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (6.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (1.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 190 (100%)
Never married: 67 (35.26%)
Now married, except separated: 92 (48.42%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 18 (9.47%)
Widowed Female: 15 (7.89%)
Total Divorced: 13 (6.84%)
Divorced Female: 7 (3.68%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 161 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 15 (9.32%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 74 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (8.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 110 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (8.18%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 101 (91.82%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 44 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (27.27%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 228 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 183 (80.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 45 (19.74%)
--Same county: 31 (13.6%)
--Different county: 14 (6.14%)
----Same state: 6 (2.63%)
----Different state: 8 (3.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 244 (100%)
Native: 244 (100%)
--Born in United States: 244 (100%)
----State of residence: 203 (83.2%)
----Different state: 41 (16.8%)
--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 BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 228 (100%)
English only: 218 (95.61%)
Language other than English: 10 (4.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (2.19%)
--Spanish: 5 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (1.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.88%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 244 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 213% (87.3%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 15 (6.15%)
Dutch: 1 (0.41%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 5 (2.05%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 133 (54.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 16 (6.56%)
Italian: 2 (0.82%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.41%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (3.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 2 (0.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (2.46%)
Swiss: 1 (0.41%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 17 (6.97%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 6 (2.46%)
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