Woodward, IA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1986970, place: Woodward city, Iowa)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 320 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (5%)
Kindergarten: 21 (6.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 150 (46.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 88 (27.5%)
College or graduate school: 45 (14.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 782 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 34 (4.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 48 (6.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 334 (42.71%)
Some college, no degree: 171 (21.87%)
Associate degree: 72 (9.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 80 (10.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (5.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 943 (100%)
Never married: 203 (21.53%)
Now married, except separated: 516 (54.72%)
Separated: 12 (1.27%)
Total Widowed: 90 (9.54%)
Widowed Female: 82 (8.7%)
Total Divorced: 122 (12.94%)
Divorced Female: 63 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (30.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 866 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 121 (13.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 291 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (11.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 673 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (14.41%)
----Percent employed: 62.9%
--No disability: 576 (85.59%)
----Percent employed: 89.2%
Population 65 years and over: 131 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (29.01%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,125 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 626 (55.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 496 (44.09%)
--Same county: 213 (18.93%)
--Different county: 283 (25.16%)
----Same state: 233 (20.71%)
----Different state: 50 (4.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,198 (100%)
Native: 1,176 (98.16%)
--Born in United States: 1,167 (100%)
----State of residence: 957 (79.88%)
----Different state: 210 (17.53%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 22 (1.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (1.42%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22 (100%)
Europe: 3 (13.64%)
Asia: 13 (59.09%)
Africa: 4 (18.18%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (9.09%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,125 (100%)
English only: 1,082 (96.18%)
Language other than English: 43 (3.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.62%)
--Spanish: 23 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,198 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,196% (99.83%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.17%)
Danish: 33 (2.75%)
Dutch: 39 (3.26%)
English: 115 (9.6%)
French (except Basque): 15 (1.25%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.17%)
German: 364 (30.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 207 (17.28%)
Italian: 45 (3.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 40 (3.34%)
Polish: 11 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (2%)
Scottish: 28 (2.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 50 (4.17%)
Swiss: 5 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 84 (7.01%)
Welsh: 2 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 130 (10.85%)

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