Kossuth County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Kossuth county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,259	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	282	6.6
Kindergarten	262	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,994	46.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,246	29.3
College or graduate school	475	11.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,694	100.0
Less than 9th grade	897	7.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	789	6.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,553	38.9
Some college, no degree	2,859	24.4
Associate degree	1,011	8.6
Bachelor's degree	1,201	10.3
Graduate or professional degree	384	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,696	100.0
Never married	2,770	20.2
Now married, except separated	8,674	63.3
Separated	59	0.4
Widowed	1,419	10.4
Female	1,168	8.5
Divorced	774	5.7
Female	373	2.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	52	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	18	34.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,743	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,815	14.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,952	100.0
With a disability	254	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	8,768	100.0
With a disability	1,195	13.6
Percent employed	55.5	(X)
No disability	7,573	86.4
Percent employed	84.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,199	100.0
With a disability	1,071	33.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,189	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,101	68.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,057	31.2
Same county	2,883	17.8
Different county	2,174	13.4
Same state	1,313	8.1
Different state	861	5.3
Elsewhere in 1995	31	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,163	100.0
Native	17,013	99.1
Born in United States	16,965	98.8
State of residence	13,580	79.1
Different state	3,385	19.7
Born outside United States	48	0.3
Foreign born	150	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	59	0.3
Naturalized citizen	87	0.5
Not a citizen	63	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	150	100.0
Europe	37	24.7
Asia	37	24.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	67	44.7
Northern America	9	6.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,189	100.0
English only	15,704	97.0
Language other than English	485	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	92	0.6
Spanish	262	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	60	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	186	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	30	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	31	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,163	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,779	109.4
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	146	0.9
Danish	559	3.3
Dutch	303	1.8
English	1,117	6.5
French (except Basque)¹	357	2.1
French Canadian¹	48	0.3
German	9,228	53.8
Greek	14	0.1
Hungarian	11	0.1
Irish¹	1,859	10.8
Italian	114	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	1,742	10.1
Polish	194	1.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	22	0.1
Scotch-Irish	186	1.1
Scottish	249	1.5
Slovak	8	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	614	3.6
Swiss	213	1.2
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	818	4.8
Welsh	56	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	915	5.3

(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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