U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Solon, IA

Johnson County, Iowa

Latitude: 41.806717     Longitude: -91.495938
Population 1,352 (2005)
Elevation of Solon, Iowa: 790 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1973875, place: Solon city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 315 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (8.25%)
Kindergarten: 20 (6.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 152 (48.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 68 (21.59%)
College or graduate school: 49 (15.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 752 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 32 (4.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 45 (5.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 269 (35.77%)
Some college, no degree: 145 (19.28%)
Associate degree: 71 (9.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 130 (17.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 60 (7.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 857 (100%)
Never married: 150 (17.5%)
Now married, except separated: 557 (64.99%)
Separated: 8 (0.93%)
Total Widowed: 62 (7.23%)
Widowed Female: 52 (6.07%)
Total Divorced: 80 (9.33%)
Divorced Female: 39 (4.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 810 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 135 (16.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 262 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (3.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 579 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (10.36%)
----Percent employed: 85%
--No disability: 519 (89.64%)
----Percent employed: 90.6%
Population 65 years and over: 134 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (41.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,043 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 538 (51.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 503 (48.23%)
--Same county: 294 (28.19%)
--Different county: 209 (20.04%)
----Same state: 170 (16.3%)
----Different state: 39 (3.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,172 (100%)
Native: 1,171 (99.91%)
--Born in United States: 1,168 (100%)
----State of residence: 956 (81.57%)
----Different state: 212 (18.09%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,043 (100%)
English only: 1,018 (97.6%)
Language other than English: 25 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.67%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,172 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,220% (104.1%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 185 (15.78%)
Danish: 18 (1.54%)
Dutch: 57 (4.86%)
English: 38 (3.24%)
French (except Basque): 25 (2.13%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.6%)
German: 410 (34.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 173 (14.76%)
Italian: 14 (1.19%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 52 (4.44%)
Polish: 28 (2.39%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.43%)
Scottish: 24 (2.05%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (2.99%)
Swiss: 2 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 57 (4.86%)
Welsh: 10 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 79 (6.74%)

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