O'Brien County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

O brien county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school3,545100.0
Nursery school, preschool2216.2
Kindergarten1765.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,75949.6
High school (grades 9-12)1,00428.3
College or graduate school38510.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over10,174100.0
Less than 9th grade1,07810.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma8898.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)3,96539.0
Some college, no degree2,05820.2
Associate degree6876.8
Bachelor's degree1,15611.4
Graduate or professional degree3413.4
Percent high school graduate or higher80.7(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher14.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over12,118100.0
Never married2,51320.7
Now married, except separated7,64163.1
Separated610.5
Widowed1,1789.7
Female
1,0438.6
Divorced7256.0
Female
3863.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years75100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren5674.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over11,336100.0
Civilian veterans1,50513.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years3,445100.0
With a disability1855.4
Population 21 to 64 years7,361100.0
With a disability1,02914.0
Percent employed
71.6(X)
No disability6,33286.0
Percent employed
87.1(X)
Population 65 years and over2,835100.0
With a disability98934.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over14,204100.0
Same house in 19959,42766.4
Different house in the U.S. in 19954,69033.0
Same county
2,50617.6
Different county
2,18415.4
Same state
1,41810.0
Different state
7665.4
Elsewhere in 1995870.6
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population15,102100.0
Native14,80298.0
Born in United States
14,76597.8
State of residence
11,96979.3
Different state
2,79618.5
Born outside United States
370.2
Foreign born3002.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1811.2
Naturalized citizen
1320.9
Not a citizen
1681.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)300100.0
Europe7023.3
Asia3110.3
Africa3812.7
Oceania00.0
Latin America14749.0
Northern America144.7
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over14,204100.0
English only13,61395.8
Language other than English5914.2
Speak English less than 'very well
2581.8
Spanish
3382.4
Speak English less than "very well"
1751.2
Other Indo-European languages
2121.5
Speak English less than "very well"
550.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages
110.1
Speak English less than "very well"
60.0
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population15,102100.0

Total ancestries reported

16,386108.5
Arab50.0
Czech1900.6
Danish3062.0
Dutch3,64824.2
English9046.0
French (except Basque)13382.2
French Canadian1540.4
German6,54843.4
Greek00.0
Hungarian60.0
Irish11,2028.0
Italian980.6
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian8045.3
Polish640.4
Portuguese60.0
Russian80.1
Scotch-Irish1491.0
Scottish970.6
Slovak230.2
Subsaharan African300.2
Swedish3472.3
Swiss880.6
Ukrainian40.0
United States or American6604.4
Welsh580.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)20.0
Other ancestries8475.6
(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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