Floyd County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Floyd county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,072	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	302	7.4
Kindergarten	274	6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,937	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,044	25.6
College or graduate school	515	12.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,451	100.0
Less than 9th grade	642	5.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	973	8.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,681	40.9
Some college, no degree	2,490	21.7
Associate degree	974	8.5
Bachelor's degree	1,251	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	440	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,450	100.0
Never married	2,638	19.6
Now married, except separated	8,313	61.8
Separated	105	0.8
Widowed	1,316	9.8
Female	1,133	8.4
Divorced	1,078	8.0
Female	583	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	107	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	21	19.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,640	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,783	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,756	100.0
With a disability	218	5.8

Population 21 to 64 years	8,811	100.0
With a disability	1,499	17.0
Percent employed	60.6	(X)
No disability	7,312	83.0
Percent employed	82.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,922	100.0
With a disability	1,125	38.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,869	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,749	61.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,049	38.1
Same county	3,724	23.5
Different county	2,325	14.7
Same state	1,620	10.2
Different state	705	4.4
Elsewhere in 1995	71	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,900	100.0
Native	16,706	98.9
Born in United States	16,678	98.7
State of residence	13,971	82.7
Different state	2,707	16.0
Born outside United States	28	0.2
Foreign born	194	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	98	0.6
Naturalized citizen	60	0.4
Not a citizen	134	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	194	100.0
Europe	33	17.0
Asia	49	25.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	80	41.2
Northern America	32	16.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,869	100.0
English only	15,344	96.7
Language other than English	525	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	216	1.4
Spanish	225	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	99	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	263	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	80	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	34	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	34	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,900	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,854	105.6
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	259	1.5
Danish	305	1.8
Dutch	467	2.8
English	1,334	7.9
French (except Basque)¹	404	2.4
French Canadian¹	84	0.5
German	7,773	46.0
Greek	17	0.1
Hungarian	13	0.1
Irish¹	2,451	14.5
Italian	128	0.8
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	1,288	7.6
Polish	208	1.2
Portuguese	23	0.1
Russian	30	0.2
Scotch-Irish	141	0.8
Scottish	202	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	6	0.0
Swedish	302	1.8
Swiss	90	0.5
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,069	6.3
Welsh	59	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,193	7.1

(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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