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51002 Social
Zip Code: 51002
State: Iowa
City Name: Alta
County: Buena Vista
State Zip Codes: Iowa Zip Codes
State Geography: Iowa Geography

51002 Overview 51002 Demographic 51002 Economic 51002 Housing 51002 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 821 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 42 5.1
Kindergarten 67 8.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 431 52.5
High school (grades 9-12) 206 25.1
College or graduate school 75 9.1
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 1,895 100.0
Less than 9th grade 82 4.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 97 5.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 786 41.5
Some college, no degree 436 23.0
Associate degree 115 6.1
Bachelor's degree 293 15.5
Graduate or professional degree 86 4.5
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 90.6 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 20.0 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 2,277 100.0
Never married 494 21.7
Now married, except separated 1,402 61.6
Separated 21 0.9
Widowed 170 7.5
  Female 146 6.4
Divorced 190 8.3
  Female 102 4.5
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 20 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 9 45.0
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 2,096 100.0
Civilian veterans 286 13.6
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 782 100.0
With a disability 74 9.5
     
Population 21 to 64 years 1,550 100.0
With a disability 196 12.6
  Percent employed 67.3 (X)
No disability 1,354 87.4
  Percent employed 85.0 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 440 100.0
With a disability 137 31.1
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 2,773 100.0
Same house in 1995 1,653 59.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,107 39.9
  Same county 563 20.3
  Different county 544 19.6
    Same state 232 8.4
    Different state 312 11.3
Elsewhere in 1995 13 0.5
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 2,911 100.0
Native 2,813 96.6
  Born in United States 2,806 96.4
    State of residence 2,173 74.6
    Different state 633 21.7
  Born outside United States 7 0.2
Foreign born 98 3.4
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 32 1.1
  Naturalized citizen 32 1.1
  Not a citizen 66 2.3
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 98 100.0
Europe 4 4.1
Asia 16 16.3
Africa 3 3.1
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 75 76.5
Northern America 0 0.0
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 2,773 100.0
English only 2,571 92.7
Language other than English 202 7.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 104 3.8
Spanish 162 5.8
    Speak English less than "very well" 85 3.1
Other Indo-European languages 19 0.7
    Speak English less than "very well" 5 0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages 21 0.8
    Speak English less than "very well" 14 0.5
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 2,911 100.0
Total ancestries reported 3,297 113.3
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 16 0.5
Danish 190 6.5
Dutch 104 3.6
English 230 7.9
French (except Basque)1 54 1.9
French Canadian1 10 0.3
German 1,302 44.7
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 264 9.1
Italian 4 0.1
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 201 6.9
Polish 23 0.8
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 3 0.1
Scotch-Irish 31 1.1
Scottish 48 1.6
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 19 0.7
Swedish 260 8.9
Swiss 23 0.8
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 132 4.5
Welsh 13 0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 370 12.7

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