General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1964740, place: Princeton city, Iowa)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 264 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (4.92%)
Kindergarten: 18 (6.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 128 (48.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 77 (29.17%)
College or graduate school: 28 (10.61%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 659 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (2.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 59 (8.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 316 (47.95%)
Some college, no degree: 148 (22.46%)
Associate degree: 36 (5.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 57 (8.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (3.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 768 (100%)
Never married: 173 (22.53%)
Now married, except separated: 451 (58.72%)
Separated: 5 (0.65%)
Total Widowed: 57 (7.42%)
Widowed Female: 38 (4.95%)
Total Divorced: 82 (10.68%)
Divorced Female: 36 (4.69%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (47.06%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 704 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 123 (17.47%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 261 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (8.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 574 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (10.98%)
----Percent employed: 47.6%
--No disability: 511 (89.02%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 97 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (40.21%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 932 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 593 (63.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 339 (36.37%)
--Same county: 177 (18.99%)
--Different county: 162 (17.38%)
----Same state: 64 (6.87%)
----Different state: 98 (10.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 986 (100%)
Native: 980 (99.39%)
--Born in United States: 980 (100%)
----State of residence: 677 (68.66%)
----Different state: 303 (30.73%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.2%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.41%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 2 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 932 (100%)
English only: 899 (96.46%)
Language other than English: 33 (3.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.43%)
--Spanish: 21 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 986 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,171% (118.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.71%)
Danish: 13 (1.32%)
Dutch: 21 (2.13%)
English: 111 (11.26%)
French (except Basque): 20 (2.03%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 419 (42.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 214 (21.7%)
Italian: 5 (0.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (1.12%)
Polish: 21 (2.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (2.23%)
Scottish: 27 (2.74%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 28 (2.84%)
Swiss: 9 (0.91%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 51 (5.17%)
Welsh: 6 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 186 (18.86%)
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