Rock Rapids, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1968160, place: Rock Rapids city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 542 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (5.35%)
Kindergarten: 18 (3.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 276 (50.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 158 (29.15%)
College or graduate school: 61 (11.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,823 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 308 (16.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 123 (6.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 594 (32.58%)
Some college, no degree: 330 (18.1%)
Associate degree: 109 (5.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 239 (13.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 120 (6.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,116 (100%)
Never married: 375 (17.72%)
Now married, except separated: 1,352 (63.89%)
Separated: 20 (0.95%)
Total Widowed: 271 (12.81%)
Widowed Female: 217 (10.26%)
Total Divorced: 98 (4.63%)
Divorced Female: 57 (2.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,994 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 257 (12.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 566 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,197 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (14.29%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 1,026 (85.71%)
----Percent employed: 90.9%
Population 65 years and over: 585 (100%)
--With a disability: 251 (42.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,452 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,546 (63.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 903 (36.83%)
--Same county: 592 (24.14%)
--Different county: 311 (12.68%)
----Same state: 137 (5.59%)
----Different state: 174 (7.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,582 (100%)
Native: 2,563 (99.26%)
--Born in United States: 2,563 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,669 (64.64%)
----Different state: 894 (34.62%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 19 (0.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.62%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 19 (100%)
Europe: 11 (57.89%)
Asia: 8 (42.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,452 (100%)
English only: 2,344 (95.6%)
Language other than English: 108 (4.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.2%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 95 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,582 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,018% (116.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 21 (0.81%)
Danish: 32 (1.24%)
Dutch: 911 (35.28%)
English: 138 (5.34%)
French (except Basque): 35 (1.36%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,209 (46.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.12%)
Irish: 181 (7.01%)
Italian: 15 (0.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 178 (6.89%)
Polish: 16 (0.62%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.46%)
Scottish: 14 (0.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 47 (1.82%)
Swiss: 5 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 115 (4.45%)
Welsh: 7 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 79 (3.06%)

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