Mills County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mills county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,900	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	318	8.2
Kindergarten	196	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,920	49.2
High school (grades 9-12)	925	23.7
College or graduate school	541	13.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,662	100.0
Less than 9th grade	609	6.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,015	10.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,541	36.6
Some college, no degree	2,302	23.8
Associate degree	621	6.4
Bachelor's degree	1,152	11.9
Graduate or professional degree	422	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,356	100.0
Never married	2,126	18.7
Now married, except separated	7,377	65.0
Separated	179	1.6
Widowed	765	6.7
Female	618	5.4
Divorced	909	8.0
Female	519	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	177	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	105	59.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,628	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,678	15.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,400	100.0
With a disability	234	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	7,954	100.0
With a disability	1,324	16.6
Percent employed	56.3	(X)
No disability	6,630	83.4
Percent employed	86.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,708	100.0
With a disability	697	40.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,616	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,782	57.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,767	42.4
Same county	2,692	19.8
Different county	3,075	22.6
Same state	1,392	10.2
Different state	1,683	12.4
Elsewhere in 1995	67	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,547	100.0
Native	14,408	99.0
Born in United States	14,321	98.4
State of residence	8,285	57.0
Different state	6,036	41.5
Born outside United States	87	0.6
Foreign born	139	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	76	0.5
Naturalized citizen	67	0.5
Not a citizen	72	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	139	100.0
Europe	88	63.3
Asia	23	16.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	14	10.1
Northern America	14	10.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,616	100.0
English only	13,377	98.2
Language other than English	239	1.8
Speak English less than 'very well	68	0.5
Spanish	136	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	68	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	24	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,547	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,560	100.1
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	270	1.9
Danish	408	2.8
Dutch	404	2.8
English	2,149	14.8
French (except Basque)¹	503	3.5
French Canadian¹	118	0.8
German	4,445	30.6
Greek	16	0.1
Hungarian	21	0.1
Irish¹	2,017	13.9
Italian	264	1.8
Lithuanian	14	0.1
Norwegian	322	2.2
Polish	234	1.6
Portuguese	37	0.3
Russian	64	0.4
Scotch-Irish	289	2.0
Scottish	254	1.7
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	516	3.5
Swiss	21	0.1
Ukrainian	40	0.3
United States or American	946	6.5
Welsh	174	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,026	7.1

(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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