Dickinson County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dickinson county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,611	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	252	7.0
Kindergarten	191	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,653	45.8
High school (grades 9-12)	916	25.4
College or graduate school	599	16.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,730	100.0
Less than 9th grade	487	4.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	780	6.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,136	35.3
Some college, no degree	2,883	24.6
Associate degree	940	8.0
Bachelor's degree	1,865	15.9
Graduate or professional degree	639	5.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,518	100.0
Never married	2,620	19.4
Now married, except separated	8,451	62.5
Separated	76	0.6
Widowed	1,161	8.6
Female	971	7.2
Divorced	1,210	9.0
Female	696	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	89	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	48	53.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,829	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,982	15.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,185	100.0
With a disability	169	5.3

Population 21 to 64 years	8,948	100.0
With a disability	1,245	13.9
Percent employed	67.5	(X)
No disability	7,703	86.1
Percent employed	85.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,149	100.0
With a disability	993	31.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,558	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,190	59.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,339	40.7
Same county	2,976	19.1
Different county	3,363	21.6
Same state	2,044	13.1
Different state	1,319	8.5
Elsewhere in 1995	29	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,424	100.0
Native	16,308	99.3
Born in United States	16,257	99.0
State of residence	12,035	73.3
Different state	4,222	25.7
Born outside United States	51	0.3
Foreign born	116	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	37	0.2
Naturalized citizen	76	0.5
Not a citizen	40	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	116	100.0
Europe	33	28.4
Asia	36	31.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	30	25.9
Northern America	17	14.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,558	100.0
English only	15,196	97.7
Language other than English	362	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	132	0.8
Spanish	226	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	91	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	102	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	25	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	25	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,424	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,755	108.1
Arab	3	0.0
Czech¹	232	1.4
Danish	656	4.0
Dutch	850	5.2
English	1,687	10.3
French (except Basque)¹	390	2.4
French Canadian¹	55	0.3
German	6,839	41.6
Greek	33	0.2
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	1,852	11.3
Italian	142	0.9
Lithuanian	14	0.1
Norwegian	1,835	11.2
Polish	141	0.9
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	22	0.1
Scotch-Irish	176	1.1
Scottish	172	1.0
Slovak	11	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	729	4.4
Swiss	81	0.5
Ukrainian	1	0.0
United States or American	902	5.5
Welsh	114	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	810	4.9

(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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