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50009 Social
Zip Code: 50009
State: Iowa
City Name: Altoona
County: Polk
State Zip Codes: Iowa Zip Codes
State Geography: Iowa Geography


50009 Overview 50009 Demographic 50009 Economic 50009 Housing 50009 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 3,268 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 224 6.9
Kindergarten 220 6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 1,529 46.8
High school (grades 9-12) 718 22.0
College or graduate school 577 17.7
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 7,416 100.0
Less than 9th grade 116 1.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 403 5.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 2,513 33.9
Some college, no degree 1,848 24.9
Associate degree 834 11.2
Bachelor's degree 1,376 18.6
Graduate or professional degree 326 4.4
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 93.0 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 23.0 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 8,898 100.0
Never married 2,027 22.8
Now married, except separated 5,478 61.6
Separated 95 1.1
Widowed 412 4.6
  Female 360 4.0
Divorced 886 10.0
  Female 539 6.1
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 93 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 27 29.0
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 8,325 100.0
Civilian veterans 977 11.7
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 2,964 100.0
With a disability 170 5.7
     
Population 21 to 64 years 6,917 100.0
With a disability 832 12.0
  Percent employed 62.9 (X)
No disability 6,085 88.0
  Percent employed 88.4 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 877 100.0
With a disability 344 39.2
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 10,845 100.0
Same house in 1995 5,477 50.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 5,317 49.0
  Same county 4,104 37.8
  Different county 1,213 11.2
    Same state 746 6.9
    Different state 467 4.3
Elsewhere in 1995 51 0.5
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 11,842 100.0
Native 11,641 98.3
  Born in United States 11,563 97.6
    State of residence 9,644 81.4
    Different state 1,919 16.2
  Born outside United States 78 0.7
Foreign born 201 1.7
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 98 0.8
  Naturalized citizen 114 1.0
  Not a citizen 87 0.7
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 201 100.0
Europe 42 20.9
Asia 95 47.3
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 64 31.8
Northern America 0 0.0
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 10,845 100.0
English only 10,372 95.6
Language other than English 473 4.4
    Speak English less than "very well" 213 2.0
Spanish 281 2.6
    Speak English less than "very well" 105 1.0
Other Indo-European languages 118 1.1
    Speak English less than "very well" 65 0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages 74 0.7
    Speak English less than "very well" 43 0.4
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 11,842 100.0
Total ancestries reported 11,780 99.5
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 143 1.2
Danish 255 2.2
Dutch 615 5.2
English 1,162 9.8
French (except Basque)1 298 2.5
French Canadian1 16 0.1
German 3,503 29.6
Greek 13 0.1
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 1,512 12.8
Italian 300 2.5
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 488 4.1
Polish 193 1.6
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 10 0.1
Scotch-Irish 157 1.3
Scottish 249 2.1
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 15 0.1
Swedish 511 4.3
Swiss 49 0.4
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 847 7.2
Welsh 141 1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 1,303 11.0


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