Whittemore, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1985260, place: Whittemore city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 161 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (5.59%)
Kindergarten: 6 (3.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 85 (52.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 38 (23.6%)
College or graduate school: 23 (14.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 334 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (8.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8 (2.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 168 (50.3%)
Some college, no degree: 86 (25.75%)
Associate degree: 10 (2.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 24 (7.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (3.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 416 (100%)
Never married: 108 (25.96%)
Now married, except separated: 235 (56.49%)
Separated: 4 (0.96%)
Total Widowed: 52 (12.5%)
Widowed Female: 43 (10.34%)
Total Divorced: 17 (4.09%)
Divorced Female: 10 (2.4%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 382 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 46 (12.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 156 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 222 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (15.32%)
----Percent employed: 52.9%
--No disability: 188 (84.68%)
----Percent employed: 89.4%
Population 65 years and over: 139 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (38.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 517 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 350 (67.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 167 (32.3%)
--Same county: 72 (13.93%)
--Different county: 95 (18.38%)
----Same state: 77 (14.89%)
----Different state: 18 (3.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 543 (100%)
Native: 539 (99.26%)
--Born in United States: 539 (100%)
----State of residence: 452 (83.24%)
----Different state: 87 (16.02%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.74%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 517 (100%)
English only: 493 (95.36%)
Language other than English: 24 (4.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.58%)
--Spanish: 20 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 543 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 626% (115.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.37%)
Danish: 17 (3.13%)
Dutch: 17 (3.13%)
English: 35 (6.45%)
French (except Basque): 11 (2.03%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.37%)
German: 285 (52.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 78 (14.36%)
Italian: 30 (5.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 50 (9.21%)
Polish: 9 (1.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (2.21%)
Scottish: 1 (0.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (1.84%)
Swiss: 3 (0.55%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 33 (6.08%)
Welsh: 1 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 30 (5.52%)

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