Akron, IN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1800748, place: Akron town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 291 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (8.93%)
Kindergarten: 19 (6.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 157 (53.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 68 (23.37%)
College or graduate school: 21 (7.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 631 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (8.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 84 (13.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 309 (48.97%)
Some college, no degree: 99 (15.69%)
Associate degree: 26 (4.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 38 (6.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (3.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 789 (100%)
Never married: 177 (22.43%)
Now married, except separated: 453 (57.41%)
Separated: 11 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 79 (10.01%)
Widowed Female: 66 (8.37%)
Total Divorced: 69 (8.75%)
Divorced Female: 40 (5.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 736 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 73 (9.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 303 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (13.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 522 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (28.16%)
----Percent employed: 70.7%
--No disability: 375 (71.84%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 153 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (54.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 978 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 571 (58.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 379 (38.75%)
--Same county: 177 (18.1%)
--Different county: 202 (20.65%)
----Same state: 140 (14.31%)
----Different state: 62 (6.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (2.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,044 (100%)
Native: 950 (91%)
--Born in United States: 943 (100%)
----State of residence: 780 (74.71%)
----Different state: 163 (15.61%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 94 (9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 57 (5.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (2.49%)
--Not a citizen: 68 (6.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 94 (100%)
Europe: 2 (2.13%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 87 (92.55%)
Northern America: 5 (5.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 978 (100%)
English only: 850 (86.91%)
Language other than English: 128 (13.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (7.46%)
--Spanish: 122 (12.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (7.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,044 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 907% (86.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (0.29%)
Dutch: 22 (2.11%)
English: 106 (10.15%)
French (except Basque): 23 (2.2%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.19%)
German: 211 (20.21%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 81 (7.76%)
Italian: 7 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 10 (0.96%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.38%)
Scottish: 27 (2.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (1.44%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 153 (14.66%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 243 (23.28%)

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