Cass County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cass county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,431	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	235	6.8
Kindergarten	165	4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,641	47.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,009	29.4
College or graduate school	381	11.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,296	100.0
Less than 9th grade	618	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	836	8.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,159	40.4
Some college, no degree	2,311	22.4
Associate degree	659	6.4
Bachelor's degree	1,238	12.0
Graduate or professional degree	475	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,903	100.0
Never married	2,213	18.6
Now married, except separated	7,358	61.8
Separated	64	0.5
Widowed	1,209	10.2
Female	1,017	8.5
Divorced	1,059	8.9
Female	607	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	78	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	53	67.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,182	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,552	13.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,192	100.0
With a disability	295	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	7,605	100.0
With a disability	1,184	15.6
Percent employed	63.7	(X)
No disability	6,421	84.4
Percent employed	85.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,845	100.0
With a disability	1,011	35.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,895	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,076	65.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,769	34.3
Same county	2,853	20.5
Different county	1,916	13.8
Same state	1,233	8.9
Different state	683	4.9
Elsewhere in 1995	50	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,684	100.0
Native	14,563	99.2
Born in United States	14,485	98.6
State of residence	11,530	78.5
Different state	2,955	20.1
Born outside United States	78	0.5
Foreign born	121	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	57	0.4
Naturalized citizen	79	0.5
Not a citizen	42	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	121	100.0
Europe	26	21.5
Asia	33	27.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	30	24.8
Northern America	32	26.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,895	100.0
English only	13,519	97.3
Language other than English	376	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	97	0.7
Spanish	237	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	82	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	110	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	3	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,684	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,047	102.5
Arab	60	0.4
Czech¹	152	1.0
Danish	1,914	13.0
Dutch	377	2.6
English	1,495	10.2
French (except Basque)¹	317	2.2
French Canadian¹	23	0.2
German	5,331	36.3
Greek	4	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,663	11.3
Italian	208	1.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	370	2.5
Polish	87	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	9	0.1
Scotch-Irish	322	2.2
Scottish	199	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	13	0.1
Swedish	505	3.4
Swiss	79	0.5
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	913	6.2
Welsh	76	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	919	6.3

(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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