Wheatland, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1984945, place: Wheatland city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 230 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (8.26%)
Kindergarten: 25 (10.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 127 (55.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 41 (17.83%)
College or graduate school: 18 (7.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 469 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 34 (7.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 48 (10.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 203 (43.28%)
Some college, no degree: 100 (21.32%)
Associate degree: 37 (7.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 34 (7.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (2.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 564 (100%)
Never married: 96 (17.02%)
Now married, except separated: 355 (62.94%)
Separated: 6 (1.06%)
Total Widowed: 51 (9.04%)
Widowed Female: 39 (6.91%)
Total Divorced: 56 (9.93%)
Divorced Female: 46 (8.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 533 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 78 (14.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 221 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (9.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 337 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (16.91%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
--No disability: 280 (83.09%)
----Percent employed: 85%
Population 65 years and over: 135 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (29.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 738 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 382 (51.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 356 (48.24%)
--Same county: 184 (24.93%)
--Different county: 172 (23.31%)
----Same state: 114 (15.45%)
----Different state: 58 (7.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 784 (100%)
Native: 779 (99.36%)
--Born in United States: 761 (100%)
----State of residence: 637 (81.25%)
----Different state: 124 (15.82%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (2.3%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.51%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 5 (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: 738 (100%)
English only: 724 (98.1%)
Language other than English: 14 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.27%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 784 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 758% (96.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (1.66%)
Danish: 7 (0.89%)
Dutch: 25 (3.19%)
English: 35 (4.46%)
French (except Basque): 9 (1.15%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.26%)
German: 366 (46.68%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 81 (10.33%)
Italian: 2 (0.26%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.64%)
Norwegian: 32 (4.08%)
Polish: 8 (1.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (2.68%)
Scottish: 6 (0.77%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 20 (2.55%)
Swiss: 5 (0.64%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 62 (7.91%)
Welsh: 17 (2.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 42 (5.36%)

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