Polk County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Polk county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics





NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.


Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school96,530100.0
Nursery school, preschool7,5067.8
Kindergarten5,5875.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)42,01843.5
High school (grades 9-12)20,39721.1
College or graduate school21,02221.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over243,458100.0
Less than 9th grade8,8293.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma19,5738.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)71,75029.5
Some college, no degree53,45422.0
Associate degree17,4957.2
Bachelor's degree51,18321.0
Graduate or professional degree21,1748.7
Percent high school graduate or higher88.3(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher29.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over293,638100.0
Never married75,39525.7
Now married, except separated165,68256.4
Separated4,1411.4
Widowed16,0295.5
Female
13,1644.5
Divorced32,39111.0
Female
19,2226.5
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years4,574100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren1,94642.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over278,392100.0
Civilian veterans34,14512.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years82,099100.0
With a disability6,2737.6
Population 21 to 64 years220,702100.0
With a disability34,61715.7
Percent employed
64.6(X)
No disability186,08584.3
Percent employed
84.2(X)
Population 65 years and over38,979100.0
With a disability15,36439.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over346,421100.0
Same house in 1995172,44349.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995164,99547.6
Same county
102,89729.7
Different county
62,09817.9
Same state
31,6519.1
Different state
30,4478.8
Elsewhere in 19958,9832.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population374,601100.0
Native352,43994.1
Born in United States
350,65993.6
State of residence
266,73071.2
Different state
83,92922.4
Born outside United States
1,7800.5
Foreign born22,1625.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000
13,7413.7
Naturalized citizen
7,0721.9
Not a citizen
15,0904.0
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)22,162100.0
Europe5,72425.8
Asia7,51633.9
Africa1,2355.6
Oceania930.4
Latin America7,10332.1
Northern America4912.2
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over346,421100.0
English only315,68991.1
Language other than English30,7328.9
Speak English less than 'very well
15,3004.4
Spanish
13,5363.9
Speak English less than "very well"
6,8552.0
Other Indo-European languages
8,7212.5
Speak English less than "very well"
3,7841.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
7,1402.1
Speak English less than "very well"
3,9001.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population374,601100.0

Total ancestries reported

393,922105.2
Arab7570.2
Czech13,9891.1
Danish6,9061.8
Dutch15,6774.2
English40,46310.8
French (except Basque)19,6162.6
French Canadian11,1740.3
German100,97227.0
Greek8950.2
Hungarian4520.1
Irish151,22413.7
Italian12,5613.4
Lithuanian5350.1
Norwegian17,5034.7
Polish4,4821.2
Portuguese790.0
Russian1,4500.4
Scotch-Irish6,2041.7
Scottish6,7201.8
Slovak2270.1
Subsaharan African2,2510.6
Swedish13,9623.7
Swiss1,0830.3
Ukrainian3690.1
United States or American24,2646.5
Welsh4,2271.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)2270.1
Other ancestries65,65317.5
(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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