Wall Lake, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1982020, place: Wall Lake city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 189 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (6.35%)
Kindergarten: 13 (6.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 86 (45.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (32.28%)
College or graduate school: 17 (8.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 568 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 52 (9.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 65 (11.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 229 (40.32%)
Some college, no degree: 134 (23.59%)
Associate degree: 29 (5.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 49 (8.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (1.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 681 (100%)
Never married: 146 (21.44%)
Now married, except separated: 410 (60.21%)
Separated: 5 (0.73%)
Total Widowed: 82 (12.04%)
Widowed Female: 77 (11.31%)
Total Divorced: 38 (5.58%)
Divorced Female: 24 (3.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 639 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 80 (12.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (6.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 382 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (12.04%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
--No disability: 336 (87.96%)
----Percent employed: 87.5%
Population 65 years and over: 157 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (35.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 792 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 519 (65.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 271 (34.22%)
--Same county: 178 (22.47%)
--Different county: 93 (11.74%)
----Same state: 74 (9.34%)
----Different state: 19 (2.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 848 (100%)
Native: 838 (98.82%)
--Born in United States: 836 (100%)
----State of residence: 732 (86.32%)
----Different state: 104 (12.26%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 10 (1.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.83%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.35%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 792 (100%)
English only: 767 (96.84%)
Language other than English: 25 (3.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.88%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 848 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 750% (88.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.59%)
Danish: 7 (0.83%)
Dutch: 20 (2.36%)
English: 39 (4.6%)
French (except Basque): 16 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 454 (53.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 48 (5.66%)
Italian: 9 (1.06%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (1.3%)
Polish: 5 (0.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.24%)
Scottish: 7 (0.83%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (3.18%)
Swiss: 2 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 47 (5.54%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 48 (5.66%)

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