Storm Lake, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1975630, place: Storm Lake city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,283 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 166 (5.06%)
Kindergarten: 173 (5.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,157 (35.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 610 (18.58%)
College or graduate school: 1,177 (35.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,848 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 808 (13.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 753 (12.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,875 (32.06%)
Some college, no degree: 932 (15.94%)
Associate degree: 339 (5.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 793 (13.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 348 (5.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,037 (100%)
Never married: 2,728 (33.94%)
Now married, except separated: 4,039 (50.26%)
Separated: 149 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 672 (8.36%)
Widowed Female: 595 (7.4%)
Total Divorced: 449 (5.59%)
Divorced Female: 248 (3.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 126 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (21.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,675 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 797 (10.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,798 (100%)
--With a disability: 217 (7.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,005 (100%)
--With a disability: 901 (18%)
----Percent employed: 58.8%
--No disability: 4,104 (82%)
----Percent employed: 79.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,489 (100%)
--With a disability: 538 (36.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,515 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,422 (46.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,292 (45.11%)
--Same county: 1,815 (19.08%)
--Different county: 2,477 (26.03%)
----Same state: 1,174 (12.34%)
----Different state: 1,303 (13.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 801 (8.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,150 (100%)
Native: 7,964 (78.46%)
--Born in United States: 7,888 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,073 (59.83%)
----Different state: 1,815 (17.88%)
--Born outside United States: 76 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 2,186 (21.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,321 (13.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 448 (4.41%)
--Not a citizen: 1,738 (17.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,186 (100%)
Europe: 32 (1.46%)
Asia: 663 (30.33%)
Africa: 28 (1.28%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,396 (63.86%)
Northern America: 67 (3.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,515 (100%)
English only: 6,931 (72.84%)
Language other than English: 2,584 (27.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,696 (17.82%)
--Spanish: 1,782 (18.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,184 (12.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 83 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 691 (7.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 474 (4.98%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,150 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,798% (106.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 51 (0.5%)
Danish: 286 (2.82%)
Dutch: 387 (3.81%)
English: 577 (5.68%)
French (except Basque): 196 (1.93%)
French Canadian: 78 (0.77%)
German: 3,232 (31.84%)
Greek: 14 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 876 (8.63%)
Italian: 50 (0.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 405 (3.99%)
Polish: 115 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 126 (1.24%)
Scottish: 161 (1.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.28%)
Swedish: 506 (4.99%)
Swiss: 84 (0.83%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.08%)
United States or American: 486 (4.79%)
Welsh: 81 (0.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,044 (29.99%)

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