General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1981705, place: Walcott city, Iowa)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 401 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (6.73%)
Kindergarten: 29 (7.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 188 (46.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 90 (22.44%)
College or graduate school: 67 (16.71%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 989 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 41 (4.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 89 (9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 381 (38.52%)
Some college, no degree: 249 (25.18%)
Associate degree: 63 (6.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 116 (11.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (5.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,191 (100%)
Never married: 255 (21.41%)
Now married, except separated: 734 (61.63%)
Separated: 10 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 54 (4.53%)
Widowed Female: 40 (3.36%)
Total Divorced: 138 (11.59%)
Divorced Female: 73 (6.13%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (60.87%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,123 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 185 (16.47%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 368 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (8.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 854 (100%)
--With a disability: 143 (16.74%)
----Percent employed: 67.8%
--No disability: 711 (83.26%)
----Percent employed: 88.3%
Population 65 years and over: 196 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (41.33%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,422 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 881 (61.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 541 (38.05%)
--Same county: 381 (26.79%)
--Different county: 160 (11.25%)
----Same state: 76 (5.34%)
----Different state: 84 (5.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,528 (100%)
Native: 1,518 (99.35%)
--Born in United States: 1,518 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,117 (73.1%)
----Different state: 401 (26.24%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 10 (0.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.13%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.52%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 3 (30%)
Asia: 4 (40%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 3 (30%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,422 (100%)
English only: 1,400 (98.45%)
Language other than English: 22 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.21%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,528 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,544% (101.05%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.52%)
Danish: 17 (1.11%)
Dutch: 28 (1.83%)
English: 101 (6.61%)
French (except Basque): 41 (2.68%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.13%)
German: 787 (51.51%)
Greek: 8 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.13%)
Irish: 206 (13.48%)
Italian: 24 (1.57%)
Lithuanian: 1 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 29 (1.9%)
Polish: 9 (0.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (2.03%)
Scottish: 14 (0.92%)
Slovak: 4 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 29 (1.9%)
Swiss: 6 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 1 (0.07%)
United States or American: 96 (6.28%)
Welsh: 13 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 87 (5.69%)
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