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Iowa City Iowa Social and demographic information
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Iowa City Iowa Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Iowa City city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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|
|
Total
poplulation |
62,381 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
30,222 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
57,245 |
91.8 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
890 |
2.9 |
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Born in
United States |
56,786 |
91.0 |
| Kindergarten |
625 |
2.1 |
|
State
of residence |
35,158 |
56.4 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
4,308 |
14.3 |
|
Different state |
21,628 |
34.7 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
2,640 |
8.7 |
|
Born
outside United States |
459 |
0.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
21,759 |
72.0 |
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Foreign born |
5,136 |
8.2 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
3,545 |
5.7 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
1,287 |
2.1 |
| Population
25 years and over |
31,933 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
3,849 |
6.2 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
606 |
1.9 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
1,067 |
3.3 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
4,903 |
15.4 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
5,136 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
5,654 |
17.7 |
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Europe |
789 |
15.4 |
| Associate
degree |
1,855 |
5.8 |
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Asia |
3,058 |
59.5 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
8,975 |
28.1 |
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Africa |
488 |
9.5 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
8,873 |
27.8 |
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Oceania |
23 |
0.4 |
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Latin America |
606 |
11.8 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
94.8 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
172 |
3.3 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
55.9 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
59,628 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
54,029 |
100.0 |
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English only |
52,421 |
87.9 |
| Never married |
28,623 |
53.0 |
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Language other
than English |
7,207 |
12.1 |
| Now married,
except separated |
19,812 |
36.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
2,583 |
4.3 |
| Separated |
275 |
0.5 |
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Spanish |
2,220 |
3.7 |
| Widowed |
1,715 |
3.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
783 |
1.3 |
| Female |
1,457 |
2.7 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
1,797 |
3.0 |
| Divorced |
3,604 |
6.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
411 |
0.7 |
| Female |
2,068 |
3.8 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
2,470 |
4.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,154 |
1.9 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
62,381 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
212 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
75,020 |
120.3 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
103 |
48.6 |
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Arab |
306 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
1,827 |
2.9 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
1,122 |
1.8 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
52,185 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
1,757 |
2.8 |
| Civilian
veterans |
3,450 |
6.6 |
|
English |
6,494 |
10.4 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
1,770 |
2.8 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
395 |
0.6 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
21,519 |
34.5 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
16,899 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
242 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
1,212 |
7.2 |
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Hungarian |
169 |
0.3 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
37,821 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
10,846 |
17.4 |
| With a
disability |
4,145 |
11.0 |
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Italian |
1,788 |
2.9 |
| Percent
employed |
70.4 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
154 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
33,676 |
89.0 |
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Norwegian |
3,222 |
5.2 |
| Percent
employed |
80.5 |
(X) |
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Polish |
1,576 |
2.5 |
| Population
65 years and over |
4,335 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
49 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
1,651 |
38.1 |
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Russian |
650 |
1.0 |
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Scotch-Irish |
1,160 |
1.9 |
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Scottish |
1,305 |
2.1 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
105 |
0.2 |
| Population
5 years and over |
59,628 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
686 |
1.1 |
| Same house in
1995 |
20,071 |
33.7 |
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Swedish |
2,270 |
3.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
36,849 |
61.8 |
|
Swiss |
474 |
0.8 |
| Same county |
12,596 |
21.1 |
|
Ukrainian |
147 |
0.2 |
| Different
county |
24,253 |
40.7 |
|
United States
or American |
2,515 |
4.0 |
| Same state |
13,441 |
22.5 |
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Welsh |
755 |
1.2 |
| Different
state |
10,812 |
18.1 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
117 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
2,708 |
4.5 |
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Other
ancestries |
11,600 |
18.6 |
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| Date: January
2, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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