Sumner, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1976260, place: Sumner city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 467 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (8.78%)
Kindergarten: 29 (6.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 223 (47.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 124 (26.55%)
College or graduate school: 50 (10.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,510 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 109 (7.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 114 (7.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 742 (49.14%)
Some college, no degree: 231 (15.3%)
Associate degree: 93 (6.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 166 (10.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 55 (3.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,722 (100%)
Never married: 287 (16.67%)
Now married, except separated: 1,014 (58.89%)
Separated: 10 (0.58%)
Total Widowed: 277 (16.09%)
Widowed Female: 230 (13.36%)
Total Divorced: 134 (7.78%)
Divorced Female: 96 (5.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (8.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,639 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 250 (15.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 419 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (1.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,036 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (12.84%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
--No disability: 903 (87.16%)
----Percent employed: 88.8%
Population 65 years and over: 459 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (33.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,993 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,241 (62.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 743 (37.28%)
--Same county: 414 (20.77%)
--Different county: 329 (16.51%)
----Same state: 263 (13.2%)
----Different state: 66 (3.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,111 (100%)
Native: 2,099 (99.43%)
--Born in United States: 2,074 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,825 (86.45%)
----Different state: 249 (11.8%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (1.18%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 9 (75%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,993 (100%)
English only: 1,926 (96.64%)
Language other than English: 67 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.25%)
--Spanish: 41 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,111 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,215% (104.93%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 36 (1.71%)
Danish: 19 (0.9%)
Dutch: 62 (2.94%)
English: 194 (9.19%)
French (except Basque): 22 (1.04%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.81%)
German: 1,112 (52.68%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 179 (8.48%)
Italian: 10 (0.47%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 152 (7.2%)
Polish: 9 (0.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.99%)
Scottish: 29 (1.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (0.47%)
Swiss: 14 (0.66%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 227 (10.75%)
Welsh: 17 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 85 (4.03%)

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