Sigourney, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1973110, place: Sigourney city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 535 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (4.86%)
Kindergarten: 29 (5.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 265 (49.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 150 (28.04%)
College or graduate school: 65 (12.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,527 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 158 (10.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 122 (7.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 651 (42.63%)
Some college, no degree: 312 (20.43%)
Associate degree: 71 (4.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 151 (9.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 62 (4.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,779 (100%)
Never married: 316 (17.76%)
Now married, except separated: 983 (55.26%)
Separated: 39 (2.19%)
Total Widowed: 304 (17.09%)
Widowed Female: 274 (15.4%)
Total Divorced: 137 (7.7%)
Divorced Female: 71 (3.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 32 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (56.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,662 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 202 (12.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 486 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (9.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,010 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (16.53%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
--No disability: 843 (83.47%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 468 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (39.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,104 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,245 (59.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 859 (40.83%)
--Same county: 527 (25.05%)
--Different county: 332 (15.78%)
----Same state: 239 (11.36%)
----Different state: 93 (4.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,214 (100%)
Native: 2,197 (99.23%)
--Born in United States: 2,194 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,915 (86.5%)
----Different state: 279 (12.6%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 17 (0.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.36%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 6 (35.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (64.71%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,104 (100%)
English only: 2,065 (98.15%)
Language other than English: 39 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (1.14%)
--Spanish: 25 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,214 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,078% (93.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 51 (2.3%)
Danish: 6 (0.27%)
Dutch: 96 (4.34%)
English: 242 (10.93%)
French (except Basque): 75 (3.39%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 852 (38.48%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 270 (12.2%)
Italian: 12 (0.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.81%)
Polish: 7 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.32%)
Scottish: 26 (1.17%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 50 (2.26%)
Swiss: 2 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 150 (6.78%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.36%)
Other ancestries: 202 (9.12%)

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