Prairie City, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1964470, place: Prairie City city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 285 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (7.02%)
Kindergarten: 22 (7.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 131 (45.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 84 (29.47%)
College or graduate school: 28 (9.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 965 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 72 (7.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 56 (5.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 438 (45.39%)
Some college, no degree: 168 (17.41%)
Associate degree: 61 (6.32%)
Bachelor's degree: 138 (14.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 32 (3.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,105 (100%)
Never married: 192 (17.38%)
Now married, except separated: 721 (65.25%)
Separated: 10 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 108 (9.77%)
Widowed Female: 96 (8.69%)
Total Divorced: 74 (6.7%)
Divorced Female: 44 (3.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,050 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 131 (12.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 276 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (3.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 733 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (11.46%)
----Percent employed: 69%
--No disability: 649 (88.54%)
----Percent employed: 87.5%
Population 65 years and over: 232 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (39.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,280 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 802 (62.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 476 (37.19%)
--Same county: 253 (19.77%)
--Different county: 223 (17.42%)
----Same state: 193 (15.08%)
----Different state: 30 (2.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,371 (100%)
Native: 1,359 (99.12%)
--Born in United States: 1,352 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,163 (84.83%)
----Different state: 189 (13.79%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.51%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 7 (58.33%)
Asia: 2 (16.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,280 (100%)
English only: 1,239 (96.8%)
Language other than English: 41 (3.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,371 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,414% (103.14%)
Arab: 7 (0.51%)
Czech: 14 (1.02%)
Danish: 5 (0.36%)
Dutch: 227 (16.56%)
English: 122 (8.9%)
French (except Basque): 47 (3.43%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 333 (24.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 216 (15.75%)
Italian: 15 (1.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 31 (2.26%)
Polish: 15 (1.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (2.7%)
Scottish: 9 (0.66%)
Slovak: 1 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 29 (2.12%)
Swiss: 2 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 154 (11.23%)
Welsh: 28 (2.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 122 (8.9%)

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