Cedar County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cedar county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,574	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	339	7.4
Kindergarten	190	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,153	47.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,206	26.4
College or graduate school	686	15.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,291	100.0
Less than 9th grade	580	4.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	927	7.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,152	41.9
Some college, no degree	2,682	21.8
Associate degree	952	7.7
Bachelor's degree	1,555	12.7
Graduate or professional degree	443	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,515	100.0
Never married	2,852	19.6
Now married, except separated	9,187	63.3
Separated	89	0.6
Widowed	1,111	7.7
Female	914	6.3
Divorced	1,276	8.8
Female	639	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	126	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	70	55.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,584	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,941	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,111	100.0
With a disability	310	7.5

Population 21 to 64 years	10,005	100.0
With a disability	1,180	11.8
Percent employed	66.6	(X)
No disability	8,825	88.2
Percent employed	86.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,700	100.0
With a disability	1,099	40.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,088	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,399	60.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,645	38.9
Same county	3,153	18.5
Different county	3,492	20.4
Same state	2,690	15.7
Different state	802	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	44	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,187	100.0
Native	18,059	99.3
Born in United States	18,003	99.0
State of residence	15,094	83.0
Different state	2,909	16.0
Born outside United States	56	0.3
Foreign born	128	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	39	0.2
Naturalized citizen	80	0.4
Not a citizen	48	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	128	100.0
Europe	41	32.0
Asia	49	38.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	4	3.1
Latin America	22	17.2
Northern America	12	9.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,088	100.0
English only	16,550	96.9
Language other than English	538	3.1
Speak English less than 'very well	173	1.0
Spanish	265	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	114	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	233	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	38	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,187	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,818	103.5
Arab	28	0.2
Czech¹	676	3.7
Danish	280	1.5
Dutch	472	2.6
English	1,609	8.8
French (except Basque)¹	340	1.9
French Canadian¹	65	0.4
German	8,075	44.4
Greek	45	0.2
Hungarian	19	0.1
Irish¹	2,458	13.5
Italian	274	1.5
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	528	2.9
Polish	181	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	30	0.2
Scotch-Irish	325	1.8
Scottish	310	1.7
Slovak	11	0.1
Subsaharan African	4	0.0
Swedish	349	1.9
Swiss	40	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,426	7.8
Welsh	117	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,154	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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