West Bend, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1983550, place: West Bend city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 194 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (8.25%)
Kindergarten: 8 (4.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 101 (52.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 48 (24.74%)
College or graduate school: 21 (10.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 587 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (17.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 49 (8.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 170 (28.96%)
Some college, no degree: 144 (24.53%)
Associate degree: 55 (9.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 49 (8.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (2.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 675 (100%)
Never married: 110 (16.3%)
Now married, except separated: 414 (61.33%)
Separated: 7 (1.04%)
Total Widowed: 115 (17.04%)
Widowed Female: 102 (15.11%)
Total Divorced: 29 (4.3%)
Divorced Female: 13 (1.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 645 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 94 (14.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 194 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (2.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 335 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (13.43%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
--No disability: 290 (86.57%)
----Percent employed: 86.9%
Population 65 years and over: 222 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (33.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 800 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 542 (67.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 258 (32.25%)
--Same county: 151 (18.88%)
--Different county: 107 (13.38%)
----Same state: 91 (11.38%)
----Different state: 16 (2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 837 (100%)
Native: 826 (98.69%)
--Born in United States: 826 (100%)
----State of residence: 703 (83.99%)
----Different state: 123 (14.7%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 11 (1.31%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (1.31%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11 (100%)
Europe: 6 (54.55%)
Asia: 3 (27.27%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (18.18%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 800 (100%)
English only: 793 (99.13%)
Language other than English: 7 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.25%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 837 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 834% (99.64%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.24%)
Danish: 26 (3.11%)
Dutch: 24 (2.87%)
English: 43 (5.14%)
French (except Basque): 17 (2.03%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.12%)
German: 424 (50.66%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.24%)
Irish: 77 (9.2%)
Italian: 14 (1.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 38 (4.54%)
Polish: 3 (0.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (1.08%)
Scottish: 2 (0.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 20 (2.39%)
Swiss: 71 (8.48%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 31 (3.7%)
Welsh: 5 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 24 (2.87%)

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