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Language Spoken At Home in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 2,848,771 | 100% |
English only | 2,645,884 | 92.9% |
Language other than English | 202,887 | 7.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 84,289 | 3.0% |
Spanish | 111,984 | 3.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 49,819 | 1.7% |
Other Indo-European languages | 45,319 | 1.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 12,873 | 0.5% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 34,901 | 1.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 17,819 | 0.6% |
Other languages | 10,683 | 0.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 3,778 | 0.1% |
Ancestry in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 3,047,646 | 100% |
American | 182,253 | 6.0% |
Arab | 6,455 | 0.2% |
Czech | 60,701 | 2.0% |
Danish | 62,277 | 2.0% |
Dutch | 143,338 | 4.7% |
English | 282,636 | 9.3% |
French (except Basque) | 75,963 | 2.5% |
French Canadian | 9,976 | 0.3% |
German | 1,166,918 | 38.3% |
Greek | 6,939 | 0.2% |
Hungarian | 3,719 | 0.1% |
Irish | 454,401 | 14.9% |
Italian | 65,180 | 2.1% |
Lithuanian | 2,733 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 169,530 | 5.6% |
Polish | 40,005 | 1.3% |
Portuguese | 1,946 | 0.1% |
Russian | 11,465 | 0.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 28,939 | 0.9% |
Scottish | 48,024 | 1.6% |
Slovak | 1,626 | 0.1% |
Subsaharan African | 16,338 | 0.5% |
Swedish | 96,017 | 3.2% |
Swiss | 15,195 | 0.5% |
Ukrainian | 2,639 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 21,627 | 0.7% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 1,724 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 1,223,509 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 795,898 | 65.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 351,272 | 28.7% |
Married-couple family | 635,714 | 52.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 248,498 | 20.3% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 47,378 | 3.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 28,102 | 2.3% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 112,806 | 9.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 74,672 | 6.1% |
Nonfamily households | 427,611 | 34.9% |
Householder living alone | 350,339 | 28.6% |
65 years and over | 134,846 | 11.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 376,074 | 30.7% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 310,170 | 25.4% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 2,948,220 | 100% |
Householder | 1,223,509 | 41.5% |
Spouse | 635,383 | 21.6% |
Child | 834,837 | 28.3% |
Other relatives | 92,938 | 3.2% |
Nonrelatives | 161,553 | 5.5% |
Unmarried partner | 75,281 | 2.6% |
Marital Status in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 1,200,224 | 100% |
Never married | 375,129 | 31.3% |
Now married, except separated | 664,534 | 55.4% |
Separated | 12,299 | 1.0% |
Widowed | 30,955 | 2.6% |
Divorced | 117,307 | 9.8% |
Females 15 years and over | 1,246,729 | 100% |
Never married | 308,068 | 24.7% |
Now married, except separated | 653,964 | 52.5% |
Separated | 17,240 | 1.4% |
Widowed | 126,515 | 10.1% |
Divorced | 140,942 | 11.3% |
Fertility in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 41,795 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 13,072 | 31.3% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 37 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 59 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 20 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 113 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 21 | 0% |
Grandparents in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 36,084 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 16,104 | 44.6% |
Less than 1 year | 4,192 | 11.6% |
1 or 2 years | 4,388 | 12.2% |
3 or 4 years | 2,786 | 7.7% |
5 or more years | 4,738 | 13.1% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 16,104 | 100% |
Who are female | 9,814 | 60.9% |
Who are married | 12,252 | 76.1% |
School Enrollment in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 808,672 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 56,453 | 7.0% |
Kindergarten | 39,990 | 4.9% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 316,733 | 39.2% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 166,391 | 20.6% |
College or graduate school | 229,105 | 28.3% |
Educational Attainment in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 2,013,629 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 74,662 | 3.7% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 112,971 | 5.6% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 666,739 | 33.1% |
Some college, no degree | 441,428 | 21.9% |
Associate's degree | 207,885 | 10.3% |
Bachelor's degree | 353,091 | 17.5% |
Graduate or professional degree | 156,853 | 7.8% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 90.7% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 25.3% |
Veteran Status in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 2,319,815 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 233,698 | 10.1% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 3,001,335 | 100% |
With a disability | 340,842 | 11.4% |
Under 18 years | 722,915 | 100% |
With a disability | 28,317 | 3.9% |
18 to 64 years | 1,847,248 | 100% |
With a disability | 169,556 | 9.2% |
65 years and over | 431,172 | 100% |
With a disability | 142,969 | 33.2% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 3,009,038 | 100% |
Same house | 2,547,345 | 84.7% |
Different house in the U.S. | 449,828 | 14.9% |
Same county | 268,310 | 8.9% |
Different county | 181,518 | 6.0% |
Same state | 106,877 | 3.6% |
Different state | 74,641 | 2.5% |
Abroad | 11,865 | 0.4% |
Place Of Birth in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 3,047,646 | 100% |
Native | 2,915,316 | 95.7% |
Born in United States | 2,900,644 | 95.2% |
State of residence | 2,199,596 | 72.2% |
Different state | 701,048 | 23.0% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 14,672 | 0.5% |
Foreign born | 132,330 | 4.3% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 132,330 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 49,633 | 37.5% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 82,697 | 62.5% |
Year of Entry in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 147,002 | 100% |
Native | 14,672 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 518 | 3.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 14,154 | 96.5% |
Foreign born | 132,330 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 6,776 | 5.1% |
Entered before 2010 | 125,554 | 94.9% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Iowa
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 132,330 | 100% |
Europe | 19,952 | 15.1% |
Asia | 43,731 | 33.0% |
Africa | 9,298 | 7.0% |
Oceania | 831 | 0.6% |
Latin America | 54,910 | 41.5% |
Northern America | 3,608 | 2.7% |