Cerro Gordo County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cerro gordo county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,271	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	781	6.9
Kindergarten	640	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,235	46.4
High school (grades 9-12)	2,560	22.7
College or graduate school	2,055	18.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,215	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,368	4.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,607	8.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,385	33.3
Some college, no degree	7,159	22.9
Associate degree	3,371	10.8
Bachelor's degree	4,405	14.1
Graduate or professional degree	1,920	6.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	37,290	100.0
Never married	8,628	23.1
Now married, except separated	21,289	57.1
Separated	284	0.8
Widowed	3,238	8.7
Female	2,638	7.1
Divorced	3,851	10.3
Female	2,242	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	429	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	218	50.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	35,312	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,882	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,257	100.0
With a disability	629	6.1

Population 21 to 64 years	24,955	100.0
With a disability	4,094	16.4
Percent employed	59.0	(X)
No disability	20,861	83.6
Percent employed	86.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,713	100.0
With a disability	2,934	38.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	43,618	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,620	58.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,742	40.7
Same county	10,906	25.0
Different county	6,836	15.7
Same state	4,253	9.8
Different state	2,583	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	256	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	46,447	100.0
Native	45,807	98.6
Born in United States	45,598	98.2
State of residence	36,959	79.6
Different state	8,639	18.6
Born outside United States	209	0.4
Foreign born	640	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	216	0.5
Naturalized citizen	363	0.8
Not a citizen	277	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	640	100.0
Europe	217	33.9
Asia	230	35.9
Africa	48	7.5
Oceania	25	3.9
Latin America	103	16.1
Northern America	17	2.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	43,618	100.0
English only	42,116	96.6
Language other than English	1,502	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	584	1.3
Spanish	820	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	307	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	412	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	171	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	212	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	106	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	46,447	100.0
Total ancestries reported	53,791	115.8
Arab	31	0.1
Czech¹	997	2.1
Danish	1,607	3.5
Dutch	1,162	2.5
English	4,519	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,142	2.5
French Canadian¹	192	0.4
German	19,195	41.3
Greek	311	0.7
Hungarian	60	0.1
Irish¹	6,183	13.3
Italian	491	1.1
Lithuanian	34	0.1
Norwegian	7,624	16.4
Polish	434	0.9
Portuguese	39	0.1
Russian	163	0.4
Scotch-Irish	569	1.2
Scottish	550	1.2
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	24	0.1
Swedish	1,368	2.9
Swiss	194	0.4
Ukrainian	39	0.1
United States or American	2,396	5.2
Welsh	283	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,182	9.0

(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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