Meridian, ID

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1652120, place: Meridian city, Idaho)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,840 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 741 (7.53%)
Kindergarten: 748 (7.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,893 (49.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,970 (20.02%)
College or graduate school: 1,488 (15.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 20,588 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 410 (1.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,189 (5.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,489 (26.66%)
Some college, no degree: 6,256 (30.39%)
Associate degree: 1,674 (8.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,354 (21.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,216 (5.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 24,543 (100%)
Never married: 4,526 (18.44%)
Now married, except separated: 16,442 (66.99%)
Separated: 176 (0.72%)
Total Widowed: 787 (3.21%)
Widowed Female: 646 (2.63%)
Total Divorced: 2,612 (10.64%)
Divorced Female: 1,594 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 439 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 125 (28.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,928 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,198 (13.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,821 (100%)
--With a disability: 685 (7.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,731 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,533 (12.84%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
--No disability: 17,198 (87.16%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,036 (100%)
--With a disability: 911 (44.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 30,864 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,505 (34.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,158 (65.31%)
--Same county: 10,875 (35.24%)
--Different county: 9,283 (30.08%)
----Same state: 2,338 (7.58%)
----Different state: 6,945 (22.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 201 (0.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 34,858 (100%)
Native: 33,755 (96.84%)
--Born in United States: 33,439 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,067 (46.09%)
----Different state: 17,372 (49.84%)
--Born outside United States: 316 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 1,103 (3.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 391 (1.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 669 (1.92%)
--Not a citizen: 434 (1.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,103 (100%)
Europe: 391 (35.45%)
Asia: 379 (34.36%)
Africa: 9 (0.82%)
Oceania: 7 (0.63%)
Latin America: 207 (18.77%)
Northern America: 110 (9.97%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 30,864 (100%)
English only: 29,117 (94.34%)
Language other than English: 1,747 (5.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 692 (2.24%)
--Spanish: 844 (2.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 269 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 529 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 235 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 323 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 183 (0.59%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 34,858 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,287% (106.97%)
Arab: 35 (0.1%)
Czech: 201 (0.58%)
Danish: 686 (1.97%)
Dutch: 921 (2.64%)
English: 5,414 (15.53%)
French (except Basque): 1,162 (3.33%)
French Canadian: 256 (0.73%)
German: 7,410 (21.26%)
Greek: 89 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 83 (0.24%)
Irish: 3,969 (11.39%)
Italian: 1,402 (4.02%)
Lithuanian: 60 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 1,774 (5.09%)
Polish: 318 (0.91%)
Portuguese: 119 (0.34%)
Russian: 146 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 489 (1.4%)
Scottish: 1,182 (3.39%)
Slovak: 8 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1,201 (3.45%)
Swiss: 237 (0.68%)
Ukrainian: 200 (0.57%)
United States or American: 3,229 (9.26%)
Welsh: 578 (1.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 6,110 (17.53%)

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