Alexandria, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1800910, place: Alexandria city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,749 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 92 (5.26%)
Kindergarten: 79 (4.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 961 (54.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 490 (28.02%)
College or graduate school: 127 (7.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,276 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 286 (6.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 757 (17.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,758 (41.11%)
Some college, no degree: 850 (19.88%)
Associate degree: 212 (4.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 217 (5.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 196 (4.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,061 (100%)
Never married: 847 (16.74%)
Now married, except separated: 3,151 (62.26%)
Separated: 71 (1.4%)
Total Widowed: 338 (6.68%)
Widowed Female: 312 (6.16%)
Total Divorced: 654 (12.92%)
Divorced Female: 289 (5.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 152 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 125 (82.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,700 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 731 (15.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,735 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (9.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,616 (100%)
--With a disability: 963 (26.63%)
----Percent employed: 61.6%
--No disability: 2,653 (73.37%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 811 (100%)
--With a disability: 276 (34.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,277 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,857 (61.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,409 (38.38%)
--Same county: 1,866 (29.73%)
--Different county: 543 (8.65%)
----Same state: 201 (3.2%)
----Different state: 342 (5.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,716 (100%)
Native: 6,646 (98.96%)
--Born in United States: 6,589 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,356 (79.75%)
----Different state: 1,233 (18.36%)
--Born outside United States: 57 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 70 (1.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 45 (0.67%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (0.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 6 (8.57%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 40 (57.14%)
Northern America: 24 (34.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,277 (100%)
English only: 6,066 (96.64%)
Language other than English: 211 (3.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (2.02%)
--Spanish: 114 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 97 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (1.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,716 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,148% (76.65%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 19 (0.28%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 158 (2.35%)
English: 1,015 (15.11%)
French (except Basque): 157 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.54%)
German: 1,312 (19.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 730 (10.87%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 28 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 176 (2.62%)
Scottish: 78 (1.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.09%)
Swedish: 30 (0.45%)
Swiss: 20 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 370 (5.51%)
Welsh: 60 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 953 (14.19%)

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