U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Thornton, IA

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Latitude: 42.944972     Longitude: -93.384115
Population 404 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1977880, place: Thornton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 106 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (13.21%)
Kindergarten: 4 (3.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 49 (46.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 26 (24.53%)
College or graduate school: 13 (12.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 295 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14 (4.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 18 (6.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 125 (42.37%)
Some college, no degree: 70 (23.73%)
Associate degree: 16 (5.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 47 (15.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (1.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 342 (100%)
Never married: 74 (21.64%)
Now married, except separated: 211 (61.7%)
Separated: 2 (0.58%)
Total Widowed: 31 (9.06%)
Widowed Female: 23 (6.73%)
Total Divorced: 24 (7.02%)
Divorced Female: 11 (3.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 332 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 54 (16.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 97 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (1.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 203 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (10.84%)
----Percent employed: 45.5%
--No disability: 181 (89.16%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 107 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (44.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 407 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 302 (74.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 105 (25.8%)
--Same county: 55 (13.51%)
--Different county: 50 (12.29%)
----Same state: 42 (10.32%)
----Different state: 8 (1.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 417 (100%)
Native: 417 (100%)
--Born in United States: 416 (100%)
----State of residence: 354 (84.89%)
----Different state: 62 (14.87%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 407 (100%)
English only: 399 (98.03%)
Language other than English: 8 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.98%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.98%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 417 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 449% (107.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.72%)
Danish: 41 (9.83%)
Dutch: 6 (1.44%)
English: 44 (10.55%)
French (except Basque): 15 (3.6%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 182 (43.65%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 41 (9.83%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 47 (11.27%)
Polish: 10 (2.4%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (1.44%)
Scottish: 5 (1.2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (3.6%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 26 (6.24%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 8 (1.92%)

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