Bluffton, IN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1806220, place: Bluffton city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,130 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 197 (9.25%)
Kindergarten: 106 (4.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,088 (51.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 461 (21.64%)
College or graduate school: 278 (13.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,301 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 234 (3.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 923 (14.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,729 (43.31%)
Some college, no degree: 1,127 (17.89%)
Associate degree: 394 (6.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 601 (9.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 293 (4.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,617 (100%)
Never married: 1,605 (21.07%)
Now married, except separated: 4,146 (54.43%)
Separated: 113 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 755 (9.91%)
Widowed Female: 643 (8.44%)
Total Divorced: 998 (13.1%)
Divorced Female: 598 (7.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (90%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,203 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 919 (12.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,067 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (10.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,092 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,036 (20.35%)
----Percent employed: 70.6%
--No disability: 4,056 (79.65%)
----Percent employed: 84.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,422 (100%)
--With a disability: 727 (51.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,925 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,766 (53.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,132 (46.3%)
--Same county: 2,662 (29.83%)
--Different county: 1,470 (16.47%)
----Same state: 1,023 (11.46%)
----Different state: 447 (5.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (0.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,645 (100%)
Native: 9,543 (98.94%)
--Born in United States: 9,525 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,536 (78.13%)
----Different state: 1,989 (20.62%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 102 (1.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 31 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 81 (0.84%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 102 (100%)
Europe: 39 (38.24%)
Asia: 18 (17.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 45 (44.12%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,925 (100%)
English only: 8,499 (95.23%)
Language other than English: 426 (4.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 111 (1.24%)
--Spanish: 238 (2.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 128 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 53 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,645 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,290% (85.95%)
Arab: 7 (0.07%)
Czech: 91 (0.94%)
Danish: 5 (0.05%)
Dutch: 319 (3.31%)
English: 783 (8.12%)
French (except Basque): 140 (1.45%)
French Canadian: 11 (0.11%)
German: 2,641 (27.38%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.18%)
Irish: 835 (8.66%)
Italian: 224 (2.32%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 89 (0.92%)
Polish: 100 (1.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 108 (1.12%)
Scottish: 56 (0.58%)
Slovak: 12 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.15%)
Swedish: 85 (0.88%)
Swiss: 491 (5.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,045 (10.83%)
Welsh: 66 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,151 (11.93%)

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