Sioux County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sioux county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,299	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	571	5.5
Kindergarten	466	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,987	38.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,355	22.9
College or graduate school	2,920	28.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	18,172	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,376	13.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,193	6.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,111	33.6
Some college, no degree	3,695	20.3
Associate degree	1,200	6.6
Bachelor's degree	2,439	13.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,158	6.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,672	100.0
Never married	6,828	27.7
Now married, except separated	15,390	62.4
Separated	107	0.4
Widowed	1,504	6.1
Female	1,267	5.1
Divorced	843	3.4
Female	411	1.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	95	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	45	47.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	23,000	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,271	9.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,253	100.0
With a disability	348	3.8

Population 21 to 64 years	15,462	100.0
With a disability	1,648	10.7
Percent employed	68.0	(X)
No disability	13,814	89.3
Percent employed	87.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,323	100.0
With a disability	1,262	29.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	29,541	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,644	63.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,349	35.0
Same county	5,751	19.5
Different county	4,598	15.6
Same state	1,965	6.7
Different state	2,633	8.9
Elsewhere in 1995	548	1.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	31,589	100.0
Native	30,669	97.1
Born in United States	30,556	96.7
State of residence	23,433	74.2
Different state	7,123	22.5
Born outside United States	113	0.4
Foreign born	920	2.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	516	1.6
Naturalized citizen	284	0.9
Not a citizen	636	2.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	920	100.0
Europe	247	26.8
Asia	175	19.0
Africa	34	3.7
Oceania	6	0.7
Latin America	321	34.9
Northern America	137	14.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	29,541	100.0
English only	27,865	94.3
Language other than English	1,676	5.7
Speak English less than 'very well	616	2.1
Spanish	844	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	404	1.4
Other Indo-European languages	671	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	143	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	108	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	31,589	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,906	107.3
Arab	32	0.1
Czech¹	158	0.5
Danish	393	1.2
Dutch	18,235	57.7
English	881	2.8
French (except Basque)¹	338	1.1
French Canadian¹	19	0.1
German	6,715	21.3
Greek	16	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,338	4.2
Italian	152	0.5
Lithuanian	10	0.0
Norwegian	1,120	3.5
Polish	110	0.3
Portuguese	15	0.0
Russian	73	0.2
Scotch-Irish	177	0.6
Scottish	74	0.2
Slovak	18	0.1
Subsaharan African	27	0.1
Swedish	671	2.1
Swiss	82	0.3
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	1,365	4.3
Welsh	27	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,855	5.9

(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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