Chickasaw County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Chickasaw county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,365	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	244	7.3
Kindergarten	166	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,624	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	885	26.3
College or graduate school	446	13.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,797	100.0
Less than 9th grade	748	8.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	708	8.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,981	45.3
Some college, no degree	1,696	19.3
Associate degree	589	6.7
Bachelor's degree	794	9.0
Graduate or professional degree	281	3.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,387	100.0
Never married	2,232	21.5
Now married, except separated	6,541	63.0
Separated	62	0.6
Widowed	882	8.5
Female	736	7.1
Divorced	670	6.5
Female	317	3.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	70	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	49	70.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,678	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,299	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,042	100.0
With a disability	183	6.0

Population 21 to 64 years	6,950	100.0
With a disability	812	11.7
Percent employed	60.2	(X)
No disability	6,138	88.3
Percent employed	81.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,174	100.0
With a disability	760	35.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,347	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,373	67.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,931	31.8
Same county	2,386	19.3
Different county	1,545	12.5
Same state	1,203	9.7
Different state	342	2.8
Elsewhere in 1995	43	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,095	100.0
Native	12,976	99.1
Born in United States	12,951	98.9
State of residence	11,630	88.8
Different state	1,321	10.1
Born outside United States	25	0.2
Foreign born	119	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	78	0.6
Naturalized citizen	54	0.4
Not a citizen	65	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	119	100.0
Europe	20	16.8
Asia	59	49.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	36	30.3
Northern America	4	3.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,347	100.0
English only	11,991	97.1
Language other than English	356	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	117	0.9
Spanish	130	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	64	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	200	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	44	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,095	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,725	112.4
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	743	5.7
Danish	219	1.7
Dutch	242	1.8
English	941	7.2
French (except Basque)¹	289	2.2
French Canadian¹	21	0.2
German	7,252	55.4
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	7	0.1
Irish¹	2,006	15.3
Italian	135	1.0
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	1,272	9.7
Polish	59	0.5
Portuguese	10	0.1
Russian	2	0.0
Scotch-Irish	158	1.2
Scottish	104	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	150	1.1
Swiss	86	0.7
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	586	4.5
Welsh	37	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	404	3.1

(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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