Pocahontas County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pocahontas county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,189	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	154	7.0
Kindergarten	91	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,150	52.5
High school (grades 9-12)	585	26.7
College or graduate school	209	9.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	6,002	100.0
Less than 9th grade	386	6.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	416	6.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,394	39.9
Some college, no degree	1,382	23.0
Associate degree	524	8.7
Bachelor's degree	726	12.1
Graduate or professional degree	174	2.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	6,915	100.0
Never married	1,171	16.9
Now married, except separated	4,395	63.6
Separated	49	0.7
Widowed	776	11.2
Female	650	9.4
Divorced	524	7.6
Female	236	3.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	33	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	8	24.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	6,444	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,146	17.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,996	100.0
With a disability	103	5.2

Population 21 to 64 years	4,342	100.0
With a disability	638	14.7
Percent employed	51.4	(X)
No disability	3,704	85.3
Percent employed	83.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,729	100.0
With a disability	595	34.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	8,236	100.0
Same house in 1995	5,774	70.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	2,446	29.7
Same county	1,107	13.4
Different county	1,339	16.3
Same state	935	11.4
Different state	404	4.9
Elsewhere in 1995	16	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	8,662	100.0
Native	8,584	99.1
Born in United States	8,543	98.6
State of residence	7,232	83.5
Different state	1,311	15.1
Born outside United States	41	0.5
Foreign born	78	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	44	0.5
Naturalized citizen	36	0.4
Not a citizen	42	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	78	100.0
Europe	27	34.6
Asia	12	15.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	2	2.6
Latin America	21	26.9
Northern America	16	20.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	8,236	100.0
English only	8,010	97.3
Language other than English	226	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	78	0.9
Spanish	136	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	54	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	78	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	12	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	6	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	8,662	100.0
Total ancestries reported	9,462	109.2
Arab	3	0.0
Czech¹	308	3.6
Danish	345	4.0
Dutch	298	3.4
English	807	9.3
French (except Basque)¹	230	2.7
French Canadian¹	22	0.3
German	3,699	42.7
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,060	12.2
Italian	103	1.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	637	7.4
Polish	55	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	21	0.2
Scotch-Irish	122	1.4
Scottish	120	1.4
Slovak	5	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	654	7.6
Swiss	49	0.6
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	480	5.5
Welsh	30	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	414	4.8

(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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