Remsen, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1966405, place: Remsen city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 459 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 37 (8.06%)
Kindergarten: 21 (4.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 253 (55.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 112 (24.4%)
College or graduate school: 36 (7.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,172 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 142 (12.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 75 (6.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 472 (40.27%)
Some college, no degree: 229 (19.54%)
Associate degree: 84 (7.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 123 (10.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 47 (4.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,343 (100%)
Never married: 257 (19.14%)
Now married, except separated: 833 (62.03%)
Separated: 6 (0.45%)
Total Widowed: 187 (13.92%)
Widowed Female: 155 (11.54%)
Total Divorced: 60 (4.47%)
Divorced Female: 24 (1.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (81.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,254 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 184 (14.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 413 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (5.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 766 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (12.01%)
----Percent employed: 64.1%
--No disability: 674 (87.99%)
----Percent employed: 91.8%
Population 65 years and over: 379 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (32.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,624 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,000 (61.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 624 (38.42%)
--Same county: 434 (26.72%)
--Different county: 190 (11.7%)
----Same state: 107 (6.59%)
----Different state: 83 (5.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,736 (100%)
Native: 1,724 (99.31%)
--Born in United States: 1,724 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,528 (88.02%)
----Different state: 196 (11.29%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.69%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,624 (100%)
English only: 1,578 (97.17%)
Language other than English: 46 (2.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (1.42%)
--Spanish: 30 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (1.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,736 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,801% (103.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 26 (1.5%)
Danish: 18 (1.04%)
Dutch: 77 (4.44%)
English: 40 (2.3%)
French (except Basque): 22 (1.27%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.35%)
German: 941 (54.21%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 165 (9.5%)
Italian: 17 (0.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 41 (2.36%)
Polish: 13 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.12%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 18 (1.04%)
Swiss: 4 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 110 (6.34%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 301 (17.34%)

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