Muscatine County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Muscatine county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,777	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	698	6.5
Kindergarten	557	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,290	49.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,544	23.6
College or graduate school	1,688	15.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	26,877	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,273	8.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,020	11.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,282	34.5
Some college, no degree	5,489	20.4
Associate degree	2,201	8.2
Bachelor's degree	3,322	12.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,290	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	32,406	100.0
Never married	7,151	22.1
Now married, except separated	19,247	59.4
Separated	311	1.0
Widowed	2,185	6.7
Female	1,826	5.6
Divorced	3,512	10.8
Female	1,930	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	650	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	205	31.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	30,485	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,855	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,959	100.0
With a disability	933	9.4

Population 21 to 64 years	23,361	100.0
With a disability	4,398	18.8
Percent employed	64.2	(X)
No disability	18,963	81.2
Percent employed	81.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,938	100.0
With a disability	2,006	40.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	38,801	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,669	58.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,635	40.3
Same county	10,497	27.1
Different county	5,138	13.2
Same state	2,834	7.3
Different state	2,304	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	497	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	41,722	100.0
Native	39,266	94.1
Born in United States	39,106	93.7
State of residence	30,862	74.0
Different state	8,244	19.8
Born outside United States	160	0.4
Foreign born	2,456	5.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	910	2.2
Naturalized citizen	991	2.4
Not a citizen	1,465	3.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,456	100.0
Europe	224	9.1
Asia	235	9.6
Africa	31	1.3
Oceania	13	0.5
Latin America	1,880	76.5
Northern America	73	3.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	38,801	100.0
English only	34,270	88.3
Language other than English	4,531	11.7
Speak English less than 'very well	2,062	5.3
Spanish	3,810	9.8
Speak English less than "very well"	1,852	4.8
Other Indo-European languages	442	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	96	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	225	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	98	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	41,722	100.0
Total ancestries reported	41,711	100.0
Arab	32	0.1
Czech¹	492	1.2
Danish	518	1.2
Dutch	1,377	3.3
English	4,062	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,030	2.5
French Canadian¹	140	0.3
German	13,862	33.2
Greek	17	0.0
Hungarian	59	0.1
Irish¹	4,521	10.8
Italian	459	1.1
Lithuanian	18	0.0
Norwegian	632	1.5
Polish	430	1.0
Portuguese	37	0.1
Russian	60	0.1
Scotch-Irish	468	1.1
Scottish	628	1.5
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	17	0.0
Swedish	856	2.1
Swiss	210	0.5
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,119	7.5
Welsh	353	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	8,301	19.9

(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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