Clay County, IA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Clay county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,161	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	429	10.3
Kindergarten	255	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,938	46.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,037	24.9
College or graduate school	502	12.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,692	100.0
Less than 9th grade	536	4.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	868	7.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,306	36.8
Some college, no degree	3,079	26.3
Associate degree	1,000	8.6
Bachelor's degree	1,569	13.4
Graduate or professional degree	334	2.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,874	100.0
Never married	2,910	21.0
Now married, except separated	8,389	60.5
Separated	120	0.9
Widowed	1,114	8.0
Female	945	6.8
Divorced	1,341	9.7
Female	763	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	90	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	25	27.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,073	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,843	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,723	100.0
With a disability	268	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	9,407	100.0
With a disability	1,394	14.8
Percent employed	70.9	(X)
No disability	8,013	85.2
Percent employed	87.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,857	100.0
With a disability	1,047	36.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,288	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,814	60.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,376	39.1
Same county	3,477	21.3
Different county	2,899	17.8
Same state	1,767	10.8
Different state	1,132	6.9
Elsewhere in 1995	98	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,372	100.0
Native	17,055	98.2
Born in United States	17,009	97.9
State of residence	13,269	76.4
Different state	3,740	21.5
Born outside United States	46	0.3
Foreign born	317	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	167	1.0
Naturalized citizen	118	0.7
Not a citizen	199	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	317	100.0
Europe	58	18.3
Asia	113	35.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	134	42.3
Northern America	12	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,288	100.0
English only	15,717	96.5
Language other than English	571	3.5
Speak English less than 'very well	240	1.5
Spanish	315	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	169	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	154	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	102	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	44	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,372	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,508	112.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	213	1.2
Danish	1,098	6.3
Dutch	1,246	7.2
English	1,332	7.7
French (except Basque)¹	540	3.1
French Canadian¹	107	0.6
German	7,376	42.5
Greek	51	0.3
Hungarian	8	0.0
Irish¹	1,777	10.2
Italian	254	1.5
Lithuanian	25	0.1
Norwegian	1,727	9.9
Polish	58	0.3
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	24	0.1
Scotch-Irish	197	1.1
Scottish	226	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	1,039	6.0
Swiss	123	0.7
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	876	5.0
Welsh	141	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	4	0.0
Other ancestries	1,064	6.1

(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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