Wahpeton, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1981615, place: Wahpeton city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 64 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (15.63%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 26 (40.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 16 (25%)
College or graduate school: 12 (18.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 342 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3 (0.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 15 (4.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 111 (32.46%)
Some college, no degree: 101 (29.53%)
Associate degree: 18 (5.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 66 (19.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (8.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 365 (100%)
Never married: 34 (9.32%)
Now married, except separated: 266 (72.88%)
Separated: 2 (0.55%)
Total Widowed: 37 (10.14%)
Widowed Female: 23 (6.3%)
Total Divorced: 26 (7.12%)
Divorced Female: 10 (2.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 360 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 82 (22.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 51 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (5.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 200 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (8%)
----Percent employed: 62.5%
--No disability: 184 (92%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 146 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (23.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 397 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 228 (57.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 167 (42.07%)
--Same county: 44 (11.08%)
--Different county: 123 (30.98%)
----Same state: 83 (20.91%)
----Different state: 40 (10.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 428 (100%)
Native: 420 (98.13%)
--Born in United States: 420 (100%)
----State of residence: 309 (72.2%)
----Different state: 111 (25.93%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 8 (1.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (1.87%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 3 (37.5%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (62.5%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 397 (100%)
English only: 392 (98.74%)
Language other than English: 5 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 5 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 428 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 501% (117.06%)
Arab: 3 (0.7%)
Czech: 4 (0.93%)
Danish: 35 (8.18%)
Dutch: 21 (4.91%)
English: 59 (13.79%)
French (except Basque): 6 (1.4%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.23%)
German: 202 (47.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 43 (10.05%)
Italian: 18 (4.21%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 47 (10.98%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.47%)
Scottish: 10 (2.34%)
Slovak: 2 (0.47%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 21 (4.91%)
Swiss: 3 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 15 (3.5%)
Welsh: 3 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 6 (1.4%)

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