Webster City, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1983145, place: Webster City city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,884 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 238 (12.63%)
Kindergarten: 122 (6.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 822 (43.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 404 (21.44%)
College or graduate school: 298 (15.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,547 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 306 (5.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 537 (9.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,302 (41.5%)
Some college, no degree: 962 (17.34%)
Associate degree: 486 (8.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 675 (12.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 279 (5.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,508 (100%)
Never married: 1,300 (19.98%)
Now married, except separated: 3,747 (57.58%)
Separated: 59 (0.91%)
Total Widowed: 601 (9.23%)
Widowed Female: 514 (7.9%)
Total Divorced: 801 (12.31%)
Divorced Female: 490 (7.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 108 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (52.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,186 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 753 (12.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,716 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (7.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,288 (100%)
--With a disability: 787 (18.35%)
----Percent employed: 59.2%
--No disability: 3,501 (81.65%)
----Percent employed: 89.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,472 (100%)
--With a disability: 586 (39.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,605 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,463 (58.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,076 (40.45%)
--Same county: 1,725 (22.68%)
--Different county: 1,351 (17.76%)
----Same state: 765 (10.06%)
----Different state: 586 (7.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 66 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,153 (100%)
Native: 7,868 (96.5%)
--Born in United States: 7,864 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,461 (79.25%)
----Different state: 1,403 (17.21%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.05%)
Foreign born: 285 (3.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 97 (1.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 81 (0.99%)
--Not a citizen: 204 (2.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 285 (100%)
Europe: 76 (26.67%)
Asia: 188 (65.96%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (2.11%)
Latin America: 9 (3.16%)
Northern America: 6 (2.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,605 (100%)
English only: 7,171 (94.29%)
Language other than English: 434 (5.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 209 (2.75%)
--Spanish: 123 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 105 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 206 (2.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 104 (1.37%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,153 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,531% (104.64%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 101 (1.24%)
Danish: 210 (2.58%)
Dutch: 222 (2.72%)
English: 607 (7.45%)
French (except Basque): 355 (4.35%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.26%)
German: 2,753 (33.77%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,162 (14.25%)
Italian: 219 (2.69%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1,059 (12.99%)
Polish: 159 (1.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 26 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 78 (0.96%)
Scottish: 46 (0.56%)
Slovak: 27 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 308 (3.78%)
Swiss: 28 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 508 (6.23%)
Welsh: 11 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 631 (7.74%)

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