Waverly, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1982875, place: Waverly city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,293 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 208 (6.32%)
Kindergarten: 94 (2.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 867 (26.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 560 (17.01%)
College or graduate school: 1,564 (47.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,139 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 333 (6.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 261 (5.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,435 (27.92%)
Some college, no degree: 1,051 (20.45%)
Associate degree: 441 (8.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,053 (20.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 565 (10.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,389 (100%)
Never married: 2,225 (30.11%)
Now married, except separated: 4,094 (55.41%)
Separated: 57 (0.77%)
Total Widowed: 652 (8.82%)
Widowed Female: 549 (7.43%)
Total Divorced: 361 (4.89%)
Divorced Female: 199 (2.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 32 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,001 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 866 (12.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,395 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (6.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,536 (100%)
--With a disability: 579 (12.76%)
----Percent employed: 63.7%
--No disability: 3,957 (87.24%)
----Percent employed: 86.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,341 (100%)
--With a disability: 503 (37.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,489 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,412 (51.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,043 (47.63%)
--Same county: 1,378 (16.23%)
--Different county: 2,665 (31.39%)
----Same state: 1,925 (22.68%)
----Different state: 740 (8.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 34 (0.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,939 (100%)
Native: 8,756 (97.95%)
--Born in United States: 8,716 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,704 (75%)
----Different state: 2,012 (22.51%)
--Born outside United States: 40 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 183 (2.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 56 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 123 (1.38%)
--Not a citizen: 60 (0.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 183 (100%)
Europe: 45 (24.59%)
Asia: 99 (54.1%)
Africa: 2 (1.09%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (11.48%)
Northern America: 16 (8.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,489 (100%)
English only: 8,086 (95.25%)
Language other than English: 403 (4.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (1.9%)
--Spanish: 242 (2.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (1.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 113 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 43 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,939 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,605% (107.45%)
Arab: 30 (0.34%)
Czech: 56 (0.63%)
Danish: 161 (1.8%)
Dutch: 238 (2.66%)
English: 934 (10.45%)
French (except Basque): 115 (1.29%)
French Canadian: 39 (0.44%)
German: 4,522 (50.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.07%)
Irish: 1,081 (12.09%)
Italian: 94 (1.05%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 737 (8.24%)
Polish: 95 (1.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (0.83%)
Scottish: 135 (1.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 353 (3.95%)
Swiss: 40 (0.45%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 397 (4.44%)
Welsh: 38 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 439 (4.91%)

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