Plymouth County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Plymouth county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,856	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	450	6.6
Kindergarten	379	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,310	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,901	27.7
College or graduate school	816	11.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,994	100.0
Less than 9th grade	996	6.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,025	6.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,254	39.1
Some college, no degree	3,497	21.9
Associate degree	1,134	7.1
Bachelor's degree	2,375	14.8
Graduate or professional degree	713	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,231	100.0
Never married	4,193	21.8
Now married, except separated	12,298	63.9
Separated	89	0.5
Widowed	1,374	7.1
Female	1,130	5.9
Divorced	1,277	6.6
Female	676	3.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	176	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	85	48.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,795	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,452	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,302	100.0
With a disability	454	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	12,836	100.0
With a disability	1,513	11.8
Percent employed	62.2	(X)
No disability	11,323	88.2
Percent employed	86.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,681	100.0
With a disability	1,167	31.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	23,199	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,428	62.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,659	37.3
Same county	4,955	21.4
Different county	3,704	16.0
Same state	2,409	10.4
Different state	1,295	5.6
Elsewhere in 1995	112	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	24,849	100.0
Native	24,551	98.8
Born in United States	24,506	98.6
State of residence	20,481	82.4
Different state	4,025	16.2
Born outside United States	45	0.2
Foreign born	298	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	174	0.7
Naturalized citizen	116	0.5
Not a citizen	182	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	298	100.0
Europe	59	19.8
Asia	72	24.2
Africa	41	13.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	110	36.9
Northern America	16	5.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	23,199	100.0
English only	22,482	96.9
Language other than English	717	3.1
Speak English less than 'very well	273	1.2
Spanish	411	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	228	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	253	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	35	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	24,849	100.0
Total ancestries reported	27,886	112.2
Arab	21	0.1
Czech¹	303	1.2
Danish	691	2.8
Dutch	1,636	6.6
English	1,821	7.3
French (except Basque)¹	779	3.1
French Canadian¹	82	0.3
German	12,555	50.5
Greek	31	0.1
Hungarian	14	0.1
Irish¹	3,138	12.6
Italian	257	1.0
Lithuanian	10	0.0
Norwegian	1,142	4.6
Polish	233	0.9
Portuguese	3	0.0
Russian	60	0.2
Scotch-Irish	175	0.7
Scottish	265	1.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	22	0.1
Swedish	986	4.0
Swiss	129	0.5
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	1,494	6.0
Welsh	142	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,895	7.6

(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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