Winneshiek County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Winneshiek county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,105	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	375	5.3
Kindergarten	286	4.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,273	32.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,341	18.9
College or graduate school	2,830	39.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,864	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,200	9.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	850	6.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,794	37.3
Some college, no degree	2,424	18.8
Associate degree	961	7.5
Bachelor's degree	1,840	14.3
Graduate or professional degree	795	6.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,452	100.0
Never married	5,554	31.8
Now married, except separated	9,742	55.8
Separated	65	0.4
Widowed	1,132	6.5
Female	935	5.4
Divorced	959	5.5
Female	501	2.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	51	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	50	98.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,465	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,679	10.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,842	100.0
With a disability	373	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	10,995	100.0
With a disability	1,326	12.1
Percent employed	80.1	(X)
No disability	9,669	87.9
Percent employed	87.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,098	100.0
With a disability	1,074	34.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,249	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,239	60.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,721	38.1
Same county	3,776	18.6
Different county	3,945	19.5
Same state	1,749	8.6
Different state	2,196	10.8
Elsewhere in 1995	289	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,310	100.0
Native	20,863	97.9
Born in United States	20,782	97.5
State of residence	15,661	73.5
Different state	5,121	24.0
Born outside United States	81	0.4
Foreign born	447	2.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	280	1.3
Naturalized citizen	112	0.5
Not a citizen	335	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	447	100.0
Europe	110	24.6
Asia	183	40.9
Africa	55	12.3
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	75	16.8
Northern America	24	5.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,249	100.0
English only	19,194	94.8
Language other than English	1,055	5.2
Speak English less than 'very well	267	1.3
Spanish	388	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	111	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	516	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	98	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	96	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	58	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,310	100.0
Total ancestries reported	27,111	127.2
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	2,037	9.6
Danish	258	1.2
Dutch	322	1.5
English	1,430	6.7
French (except Basque)¹	352	1.7
French Canadian¹	35	0.2
German	9,938	46.6
Greek	43	0.2
Hungarian	64	0.3
Irish¹	2,384	11.2
Italian	131	0.6
Lithuanian	19	0.1
Norwegian	7,216	33.9
Polish	162	0.8
Portuguese	5	0.0
Russian	41	0.2
Scotch-Irish	179	0.8
Scottish	137	0.6
Slovak	5	0.0
Subsaharan African	72	0.3
Swedish	457	2.1
Swiss	165	0.8
Ukrainian	33	0.2
United States or American	490	2.3
Welsh	65	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.1
Other ancestries	1,049	4.9

(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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