Ridgeway, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1967035, place: Ridgeway city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 87 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (3.45%)
Kindergarten: 5 (5.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 38 (43.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 21 (24.14%)
College or graduate school: 20 (22.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 184 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9 (4.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 17 (9.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 89 (48.37%)
Some college, no degree: 38 (20.65%)
Associate degree: 9 (4.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (7.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (4.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 231 (100%)
Never married: 52 (22.51%)
Now married, except separated: 137 (59.31%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 21 (9.09%)
Widowed Female: 18 (7.79%)
Total Divorced: 21 (9.09%)
Divorced Female: 15 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 223 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 24 (10.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 77 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (7.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 152 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (19.08%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
--No disability: 123 (80.92%)
----Percent employed: 90.2%
Population 65 years and over: 51 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (19.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 280 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 195 (69.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 85 (30.36%)
--Same county: 50 (17.86%)
--Different county: 35 (12.5%)
----Same state: 29 (10.36%)
----Different state: 6 (2.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 292 (100%)
Native: 292 (100%)
--Born in United States: 288 (100%)
----State of residence: 250 (85.62%)
----Different state: 38 (13.01%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (1.37%)
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 BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 280 (100%)
English only: 272 (97.14%)
Language other than English: 8 (2.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.71%)
--Spanish: 6 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.71%)
----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: 292 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 428% (146.58%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 37 (12.67%)
Danish: 2 (0.68%)
Dutch: 11 (3.77%)
English: 14 (4.79%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 135 (46.23%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 59 (20.21%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 146 (50%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (1.03%)
Scottish: 6 (2.05%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.34%)
Swiss: 8 (2.74%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2 (0.68%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4 (1.37%)

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