Aurora, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1802782, place: Aurora city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 974 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (2.67%)
Kindergarten: 77 (7.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 502 (51.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 264 (27.1%)
College or graduate school: 105 (10.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,473 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 156 (6.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 466 (18.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,025 (41.45%)
Some college, no degree: 409 (16.54%)
Associate degree: 102 (4.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 243 (9.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 72 (2.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,020 (100%)
Never married: 693 (22.95%)
Now married, except separated: 1,613 (53.41%)
Separated: 55 (1.82%)
Total Widowed: 239 (7.91%)
Widowed Female: 211 (6.99%)
Total Divorced: 420 (13.91%)
Divorced Female: 228 (7.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 99 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (42.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,832 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 445 (15.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 963 (100%)
--With a disability: 151 (15.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,188 (100%)
--With a disability: 649 (29.66%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 1,539 (70.34%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 494 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (41.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,645 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,017 (55.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,611 (44.2%)
--Same county: 997 (27.35%)
--Different county: 614 (16.84%)
----Same state: 187 (5.13%)
----Different state: 427 (11.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,921 (100%)
Native: 3,877 (98.88%)
--Born in United States: 3,869 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,024 (51.62%)
----Different state: 1,845 (47.05%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 44 (1.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (0.79%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 44 (100%)
Europe: 31 (70.45%)
Asia: 13 (29.55%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,645 (100%)
English only: 3,577 (98.13%)
Language other than English: 68 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.71%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 62 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,921 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,603% (91.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 87 (2.22%)
English: 437 (11.15%)
French (except Basque): 23 (0.59%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,197 (30.53%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 44 (1.12%)
Irish: 477 (12.17%)
Italian: 95 (2.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 24 (0.61%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.15%)
Scottish: 53 (1.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 675 (17.21%)
Welsh: 12 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 461 (11.76%)

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