Beech Grove, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1804204, place: Beech Grove city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,404 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 251 (7.37%)
Kindergarten: 163 (4.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,747 (51.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 703 (20.65%)
College or graduate school: 540 (15.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,402 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 303 (3.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,518 (16.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,948 (41.99%)
Some college, no degree: 1,649 (17.54%)
Associate degree: 415 (4.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,004 (10.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 565 (6.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,129 (100%)
Never married: 2,802 (25.18%)
Now married, except separated: 5,647 (50.74%)
Separated: 148 (1.33%)
Total Widowed: 930 (8.36%)
Widowed Female: 847 (7.61%)
Total Divorced: 1,602 (14.39%)
Divorced Female: 887 (7.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 222 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 109 (49.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,489 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,488 (14.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,224 (100%)
--With a disability: 161 (4.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,640 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,662 (21.75%)
----Percent employed: 65.6%
--No disability: 5,978 (78.25%)
----Percent employed: 86.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,007 (100%)
--With a disability: 961 (47.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,210 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,012 (45.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,027 (53.19%)
--Same county: 5,264 (39.85%)
--Different county: 1,763 (13.35%)
----Same state: 1,044 (7.9%)
----Different state: 719 (5.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 171 (1.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,200 (100%)
Native: 13,954 (98.27%)
--Born in United States: 13,899 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,020 (77.61%)
----Different state: 2,879 (20.27%)
--Born outside United States: 55 (0.39%)
Foreign born: 246 (1.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 179 (1.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 113 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 133 (0.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 246 (100%)
Europe: 8 (3.25%)
Asia: 83 (33.74%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 155 (63.01%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,210 (100%)
English only: 12,737 (96.42%)
Language other than English: 473 (3.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 152 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 282 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (0.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 117 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 66 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,200 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,552% (102.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (0.08%)
Danish: 14 (0.1%)
Dutch: 296 (2.08%)
English: 1,670 (11.76%)
French (except Basque): 359 (2.53%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.08%)
German: 3,961 (27.89%)
Greek: 61 (0.43%)
Hungarian: 73 (0.51%)
Irish: 2,673 (18.82%)
Italian: 288 (2.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 54 (0.38%)
Polish: 73 (0.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 275 (1.94%)
Scottish: 317 (2.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 100 (0.7%)
Swiss: 30 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,865 (20.18%)
Welsh: 64 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,356 (9.55%)

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