Tama, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1977115, place: Tama city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 640 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 44 (6.88%)
Kindergarten: 37 (5.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 343 (53.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 165 (25.78%)
College or graduate school: 51 (7.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,767 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 150 (8.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 123 (6.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 748 (42.33%)
Some college, no degree: 493 (27.9%)
Associate degree: 67 (3.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 157 (8.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (1.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,103 (100%)
Never married: 359 (17.07%)
Now married, except separated: 1,337 (63.58%)
Separated: 42 (2%)
Total Widowed: 197 (9.37%)
Widowed Female: 154 (7.32%)
Total Divorced: 168 (7.99%)
Divorced Female: 112 (5.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (25.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,983 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 256 (12.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 620 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (6.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,378 (100%)
--With a disability: 253 (18.36%)
----Percent employed: 60.5%
--No disability: 1,125 (81.64%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 426 (100%)
--With a disability: 184 (43.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,507 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,446 (57.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,027 (40.97%)
--Same county: 546 (21.78%)
--Different county: 481 (19.19%)
----Same state: 316 (12.6%)
----Different state: 165 (6.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 34 (1.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,723 (100%)
Native: 2,554 (93.79%)
--Born in United States: 2,554 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,121 (77.89%)
----Different state: 433 (15.9%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 169 (6.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 76 (2.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 47 (1.73%)
--Not a citizen: 122 (4.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 169 (100%)
Europe: 10 (5.92%)
Asia: 24 (14.2%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 135 (79.88%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,507 (100%)
English only: 2,176 (86.8%)
Language other than English: 331 (13.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 89 (3.55%)
--Spanish: 257 (10.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (3.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 42 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 25 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,723 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,752% (101.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 304 (11.16%)
Danish: 29 (1.07%)
Dutch: 33 (1.21%)
English: 266 (9.77%)
French (except Basque): 27 (0.99%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.66%)
German: 653 (23.98%)
Greek: 2 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 374 (13.73%)
Italian: 17 (0.62%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 151 (5.55%)
Polish: 29 (1.07%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (2.31%)
Scottish: 27 (0.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (1.29%)
Swiss: 6 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 215 (7.9%)
Welsh: 9 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 480 (17.63%)

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