DE County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Delaware county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,181	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	424	8.2
Kindergarten	320	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,432	46.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,448	27.9
College or graduate school	557	10.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,784	100.0
Less than 9th grade	952	8.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	803	6.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,567	47.2
Some college, no degree	2,185	18.5
Associate degree	742	6.3
Bachelor's degree	1,165	9.9
Graduate or professional degree	370	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,147	100.0
Never married	3,185	22.5
Now married, except separated	8,948	63.3
Separated	77	0.5
Widowed	986	7.0
Female	841	5.9
Divorced	951	6.7
Female	474	3.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	125	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	62	49.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,070	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,521	11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,828	100.0
With a disability	360	7.5

Population 21 to 64 years	9,607	100.0
With a disability	1,336	13.9
Percent employed	66.3	(X)
No disability	8,271	86.1
Percent employed	87.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,570	100.0
With a disability	949	36.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,231	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,514	66.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,693	33.0
Same county	3,510	20.4
Different county	2,183	12.7
Same state	1,619	9.4
Different state	564	3.3
Elsewhere in 1995	24	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,404	100.0
Native	18,299	99.4
Born in United States	18,282	99.3
State of residence	16,662	90.5
Different state	1,620	8.8
Born outside United States	17	0.1
Foreign born	105	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	21	0.1
Naturalized citizen	79	0.4
Not a citizen	26	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	105	100.0
Europe	47	44.8
Asia	36	34.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	2	1.9
Latin America	18	17.1
Northern America	2	1.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,231	100.0
English only	16,808	97.5
Language other than English	423	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	138	0.8
Spanish	228	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	68	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	165	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	64	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	28	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	6	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,404	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,363	99.8
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	182	1.0
Danish	132	0.7
Dutch	338	1.8
English	1,660	9.0
French (except Basque)¹	295	1.6
French Canadian¹	32	0.2
German	9,237	50.2
Greek	15	0.1
Hungarian	13	0.1
Irish¹	2,617	14.2
Italian	94	0.5
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	406	2.2
Polish	104	0.6
Portuguese	13	0.1
Russian	13	0.1
Scotch-Irish	185	1.0
Scottish	116	0.6
Slovak	18	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	282	1.5
Swiss	233	1.3
Ukrainian	3	0.0
United States or American	1,477	8.0
Welsh	136	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	752	4.1

(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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