Urbandale, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1979950, place: Urbandale city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,857 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 674 (8.58%)
Kindergarten: 406 (5.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,544 (45.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,841 (23.43%)
College or graduate school: 1,392 (17.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,336 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 220 (1.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 516 (2.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,146 (21.44%)
Some college, no degree: 4,384 (22.67%)
Associate degree: 1,625 (8.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,966 (30.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,479 (12.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 43.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,754 (100%)
Never married: 4,844 (21.29%)
Now married, except separated: 14,583 (64.09%)
Separated: 231 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 1,131 (4.97%)
Widowed Female: 939 (4.13%)
Total Divorced: 1,965 (8.64%)
Divorced Female: 1,283 (5.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 162 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (1.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,364 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,642 (12.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,617 (100%)
--With a disability: 329 (4.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,465 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,614 (9.24%)
----Percent employed: 71.7%
--No disability: 15,851 (90.76%)
----Percent employed: 87.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,814 (100%)
--With a disability: 856 (30.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 27,194 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,369 (52.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,305 (45.25%)
--Same county: 7,510 (27.62%)
--Different county: 4,795 (17.63%)
----Same state: 2,574 (9.47%)
----Different state: 2,221 (8.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 520 (1.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 29,066 (100%)
Native: 27,887 (95.94%)
--Born in United States: 27,732 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,586 (70.83%)
----Different state: 7,146 (24.59%)
--Born outside United States: 155 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 1,179 (4.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 631 (2.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 522 (1.8%)
--Not a citizen: 657 (2.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,179 (100%)
Europe: 638 (54.11%)
Asia: 299 (25.36%)
Africa: 8 (0.68%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 146 (12.38%)
Northern America: 88 (7.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 27,194 (100%)
English only: 25,544 (93.93%)
Language other than English: 1,650 (6.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 660 (2.43%)
--Spanish: 613 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 142 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 768 (2.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 385 (1.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 248 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 128 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 29,066 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 34,142% (117.46%)
Arab: 59 (0.2%)
Czech: 510 (1.75%)
Danish: 594 (2.04%)
Dutch: 1,401 (4.82%)
English: 3,857 (13.27%)
French (except Basque): 600 (2.06%)
French Canadian: 89 (0.31%)
German: 10,835 (37.28%)
Greek: 60 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 72 (0.25%)
Irish: 4,477 (15.4%)
Italian: 917 (3.15%)
Lithuanian: 55 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 1,649 (5.67%)
Polish: 364 (1.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 218 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 541 (1.86%)
Scottish: 672 (2.31%)
Slovak: 71 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.11%)
Swedish: 1,565 (5.38%)
Swiss: 175 (0.6%)
Ukrainian: 75 (0.26%)
United States or American: 1,323 (4.55%)
Welsh: 451 (1.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 3,467 (11.93%)

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