Ironton, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2935468, place: Ironton city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 315 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (5.4%)
Kindergarten: 16 (5.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 158 (50.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 86 (27.3%)
College or graduate school: 38 (12.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,014 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 135 (13.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 188 (18.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 339 (33.43%)
Some college, no degree: 191 (18.84%)
Associate degree: 48 (4.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 80 (7.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (3.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,212 (100%)
Never married: 334 (27.56%)
Now married, except separated: 578 (47.69%)
Separated: 31 (2.56%)
Total Widowed: 142 (11.72%)
Widowed Female: 125 (10.31%)
Total Divorced: 127 (10.48%)
Divorced Female: 80 (6.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (62.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,136 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 186 (16.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 338 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (9.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 778 (100%)
--With a disability: 260 (33.42%)
----Percent employed: 35%
--No disability: 518 (66.58%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 275 (100%)
--With a disability: 127 (46.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,401 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 764 (54.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 635 (45.32%)
--Same county: 345 (24.63%)
--Different county: 290 (20.7%)
----Same state: 196 (13.99%)
----Different state: 94 (6.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,479 (100%)
Native: 1,472 (99.53%)
--Born in United States: 1,468 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,187 (80.26%)
----Different state: 281 (19%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.14%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,401 (100%)
English only: 1,357 (96.86%)
Language other than English: 44 (3.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.64%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,479 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,267% (85.67%)
Arab: 5 (0.34%)
Czech: 4 (0.27%)
Danish: 2 (0.14%)
Dutch: 26 (1.76%)
English: 153 (10.34%)
French (except Basque): 96 (6.49%)
French Canadian: 19 (1.28%)
German: 248 (16.77%)
Greek: 6 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 200 (13.52%)
Italian: 15 (1.01%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 5 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (2.23%)
Scottish: 23 (1.56%)
Slovak: 4 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.74%)
Swedish: 7 (0.47%)
Swiss: 2 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.2%)
United States or American: 145 (9.8%)
Welsh: 12 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 244 (16.5%)

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