Riverton, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1967575, place: Riverton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 98 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (7.14%)
Kindergarten: 5 (5.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 50 (51.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23 (23.47%)
College or graduate school: 13 (13.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 223 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 25 (11.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 38 (17.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 87 (39.01%)
Some college, no degree: 47 (21.08%)
Associate degree: 15 (6.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 6 (2.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (2.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 254 (100%)
Never married: 45 (17.72%)
Now married, except separated: 141 (55.51%)
Separated: 9 (3.54%)
Total Widowed: 20 (7.87%)
Widowed Female: 15 (5.91%)
Total Divorced: 39 (15.35%)
Divorced Female: 15 (5.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 239 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 32 (13.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 96 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (14.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 187 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (31.55%)
----Percent employed: 45.8%
--No disability: 128 (68.45%)
----Percent employed: 93%
Population 65 years and over: 44 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (40.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 327 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 190 (58.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 137 (41.9%)
--Same county: 65 (19.88%)
--Different county: 72 (22.02%)
----Same state: 23 (7.03%)
----Different state: 49 (14.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 340 (100%)
Native: 340 (100%)
--Born in United States: 340 (100%)
----State of residence: 210 (61.76%)
----Different state: 130 (38.24%)
--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 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: 327 (100%)
English only: 317 (96.94%)
Language other than English: 10 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.22%)
--Spanish: 8 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.61%)
----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: 340 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 291% (85.59%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (0.88%)
Dutch: 18 (5.29%)
English: 26 (7.65%)
French (except Basque): 6 (1.76%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 86 (25.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 36 (10.59%)
Italian: 2 (0.59%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (1.76%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (2.94%)
Scottish: 12 (3.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (3.53%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 48 (14.12%)
Welsh: 3 (0.88%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 23 (6.76%)

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