Shelby County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Shelby 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 school3,210100.0
Nursery school, preschool1795.6
Kindergarten1584.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,63951.1
High school (grades 9-12)98230.6
College or graduate school2527.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over8,957100.0
Less than 9th grade5826.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma6196.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)4,11345.9
Some college, no degree1,69218.9
Associate degree5776.4
Bachelor's degree1,00711.2
Graduate or professional degree3674.1
Percent high school graduate or higher86.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher15.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over10,415100.0
Never married1,95318.8
Now married, except separated6,86065.9
Separated530.5
Widowed8888.5
Female
7046.8
Divorced6616.3
Female
3533.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years38100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren2155.3
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over9,714100.0
Civilian veterans1,46415.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years3,077100.0
With a disability2668.6
Population 21 to 64 years6,601100.0
With a disability89013.5
Percent employed
70.3(X)
No disability5,71186.5
Percent employed
88.0(X)
Population 65 years and over2,434100.0
With a disability78432.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over12,405100.0
Same house in 19958,40967.8
Different house in the U.S. in 19953,95731.9
Same county
2,24718.1
Different county
1,71013.8
Same state
8987.2
Different state
8126.5
Elsewhere in 1995390.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population13,173100.0
Native13,09099.4
Born in United States
13,05899.1
State of residence
10,41879.1
Different state
2,64020.0
Born outside United States
320.2
Foreign born830.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000
150.1
Naturalized citizen
550.4
Not a citizen
280.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)83100.0
Europe3036.1
Asia4048.2
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America1113.3
Northern America22.4
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over12,405100.0
English only12,02797.0
Language other than English3783.0
Speak English less than 'very well
1331.1
Spanish
1861.5
Speak English less than "very well"
580.5
Other Indo-European languages
1701.4
Speak English less than "very well"
620.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
200.2
Speak English less than "very well"
130.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population13,173100.0

Total ancestries reported

13,953105.9
Arab60.0
Czech1720.5
Danish2,00115.2
Dutch2441.9
English8616.5
French (except Basque)12752.1
French Canadian1180.1
German6,35148.2
Greek210.2
Hungarian40.0
Irish11,44511.0
Italian1431.1
Lithuanian60.0
Norwegian4353.3
Polish860.7
Portuguese00.0
Russian150.1
Scotch-Irish1331.0
Scottish1261.0
Slovak70.1
Subsaharan African00.0
Swedish2461.9
Swiss340.3
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American7675.8
Welsh490.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries6084.6
(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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