Bremer County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bremer county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,970	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	472	6.8
Kindergarten	292	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,639	37.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,503	21.6
College or graduate school	2,064	29.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,835	100.0
Less than 9th grade	944	6.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	884	6.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,585	37.6
Some college, no degree	2,903	19.6
Associate degree	1,331	9.0
Bachelor's degree	2,249	15.2
Graduate or professional degree	939	6.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,820	100.0
Never married	4,390	23.3
Now married, except separated	11,617	61.7
Separated	107	0.6
Widowed	1,611	8.6
Female	1,348	7.2
Divorced	1,095	5.8
Female	582	3.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	128	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	54	42.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,697	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,310	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,704	100.0
With a disability	353	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	12,507	100.0
With a disability	1,488	11.9
Percent employed	66.6	(X)
No disability	11,019	88.1
Percent employed	85.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,456	100.0
With a disability	1,192	34.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,029	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,658	62.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,319	37.8
Same county	3,499	15.9
Different county	4,820	21.9
Same state	3,592	16.3
Different state	1,228	5.6
Elsewhere in 1995	52	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,325	100.0
Native	23,036	98.8
Born in United States	22,937	98.3
State of residence	19,317	82.8
Different state	3,620	15.5
Born outside United States	99	0.4
Foreign born	289	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	104	0.4
Naturalized citizen	191	0.8
Not a citizen	98	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	289	100.0
Europe	108	37.4
Asia	122	42.2
Africa	2	0.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	39	13.5
Northern America	18	6.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,029	100.0
English only	21,199	96.2
Language other than English	830	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	244	1.1
Spanish	469	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	153	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	308	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	66	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	48	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	25	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,325	100.0
Total ancestries reported	24,835	106.5
Arab	33	0.1
Czech¹	248	1.1
Danish	495	2.1
Dutch	565	2.4
English	1,879	8.1
French (except Basque)¹	409	1.8
French Canadian¹	107	0.5
German	12,887	55.2
Greek	25	0.1
Hungarian	8	0.0
Irish¹	2,427	10.4
Italian	157	0.7
Lithuanian	9	0.0
Norwegian	1,571	6.7
Polish	255	1.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	24	0.1
Scotch-Irish	198	0.8
Scottish	285	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	6	0.0
Swedish	481	2.1
Swiss	107	0.5
Ukrainian	1	0.0
United States or American	1,528	6.6
Welsh	107	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,023	4.4

(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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