Henry County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Henry county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,245	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	321	6.1
Kindergarten	270	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,342	44.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,338	25.5
College or graduate school	974	18.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,509	100.0
Less than 9th grade	700	5.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,172	8.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,361	39.7
Some college, no degree	3,217	23.8
Associate degree	876	6.5
Bachelor's degree	1,539	11.4
Graduate or professional degree	644	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,259	100.0
Never married	3,790	23.3
Now married, except separated	9,400	57.8
Separated	208	1.3
Widowed	1,188	7.3
Female	1,034	6.4
Divorced	1,673	10.3
Female	793	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	205	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	138	67.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,299	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,904	12.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,554	100.0
With a disability	302	6.6

Population 21 to 64 years	10,464	100.0
With a disability	2,136	20.4
Percent employed	75.2	(X)
No disability	8,328	79.6
Percent employed	85.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,750	100.0
With a disability	1,012	36.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,128	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,128	58.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,914	41.4
Same county	4,306	22.5
Different county	3,608	18.9
Same state	2,461	12.9
Different state	1,147	6.0
Elsewhere in 1995	86	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,336	100.0
Native	19,967	98.2
Born in United States	19,863	97.7
State of residence	15,495	76.2
Different state	4,368	21.5
Born outside United States	104	0.5
Foreign born	369	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	133	0.7
Naturalized citizen	210	1.0
Not a citizen	159	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	369	100.0
Europe	42	11.4
Asia	271	73.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	46	12.5
Northern America	10	2.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,128	100.0
English only	18,271	95.5
Language other than English	857	4.5
Speak English less than 'very well	298	1.6
Spanish	330	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	98	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	201	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	307	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	153	0.8

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,336	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,698	96.9
Arab	15	0.1
Czech¹	106	0.5
Danish	227	1.1
Dutch	520	2.6
English	1,974	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	595	2.9
French Canadian¹	32	0.2
German	6,699	32.9
Greek	14	0.1
Hungarian	16	0.1
Irish¹	2,793	13.7
Italian	282	1.4
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	337	1.7
Polish	156	0.8
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	26	0.1
Scotch-Irish	393	1.9
Scottish	239	1.2
Slovak	14	0.1
Subsaharan African	16	0.1
Swedish	898	4.4
Swiss	131	0.6
Ukrainian	25	0.1
United States or American	1,989	9.8
Welsh	145	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,054	10.1

(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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