Altona, IN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1801288, place: Altona town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 44 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (22.73%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12 (27.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 14 (31.82%)
College or graduate school: 8 (18.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 149 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4 (2.68%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 33 (22.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 70 (46.98%)
Some college, no degree: 26 (17.45%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (9.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (1.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 168 (100%)
Never married: 34 (20.24%)
Now married, except separated: 82 (48.81%)
Separated: 4 (2.38%)
Total Widowed: 20 (11.9%)
Widowed Female: 15 (8.93%)
Total Divorced: 28 (16.67%)
Divorced Female: 11 (6.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (30%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 164 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 33 (20.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 30 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (10%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 110 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (26.36%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
--No disability: 81 (73.64%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 43 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (44.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 183 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 113 (61.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 70 (38.25%)
--Same county: 43 (23.5%)
--Different county: 27 (14.75%)
----Same state: 27 (14.75%)
----Different state: 0 (0%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 200 (100%)
Native: 200 (100%)
--Born in United States: 200 (100%)
----State of residence: 152 (76%)
----Different state: 48 (24%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 183 (100%)
English only: 178 (97.27%)
Language other than English: 5 (2.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (2.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 200 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 163% (81.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 35 (17.5%)
French (except Basque): 2 (1%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 52 (26%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 19 (9.5%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (1.5%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 2 (1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 29 (14.5%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 21 (10.5%)

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