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Mitchell County:Cane Creek Township:2000

DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 825 100.0
      enrolled in school 176 100.0   Native 819 99.3
Nursery school, preschool 8 4.5       Born in United States 818 99.2
Kindergarten 18 10.2           State of residence 674 81.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 86 48.9           Different state 144 17.5
High school (grades 9-12) 45 25.6       Born outside United States 1 0.1
College or graduate school 19 10.8   Foreign born 6 0.7
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 3 0.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 3 0.4
  Population 25 years and over 554 100.0       Not a citizen 3 0.4
Less than 9th grade 71 12.8        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 107 19.3   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 169 30.5     Total (excluding born at sea) 6 100.0
Some college, no degree 129 23.3   Europe 6 100.0
Associate degree 48 8.7   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 19 3.4   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 11 2.0   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 67.9 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 5.4 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 753 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 642 100.0   English only 747 99.2
Never married 106 16.5   Language other than English 6 0.8
Now married, except separated 417 65.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 1 0.1
Separated 9 1.4   Spanish 5 0.7
Widowed 55 8.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 46 7.2   Other Indo-European languages 1 0.1
Divorced 55 8.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 1 0.1
 Female 26 4.0   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 825 100.0
           under 18 years 18 100.0     Total ancestries reported 555 67.3
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 4 22.2   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 595 100.0   Dutch 8 1.0
Civilian veterans 67 11.3   English 48 5.8
        French (except Basque)¹ 8 1.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 55 6.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 162 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 8 4.9   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 452 100.0   Irish¹ 29 3.5
With a disability 116 25.7   Italian 4 0.5
 Percent employed 27.6 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 336 74.3   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 72.9 (X)   Polish 7 0.8
     Population 65 years and over 139 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 84 60.4   Russian 2 0.2
        Scotch-Irish 49 5.9
        Scottish 50 6.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 753 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 477 63.3   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 273 36.3   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 153 20.3   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 120 15.9   United States or American 207 25.1
  Same state 54 7.2   Welsh 5 0.6
  Different state 66 8.8   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 3 0.4   Other ancestries 83 10.1
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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