Brook, IN

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1807966, place: Brook town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 285 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (7.72%)
Kindergarten: 10 (3.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 156 (54.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (22.46%)
College or graduate school: 33 (11.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 667 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (7.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 80 (11.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 345 (51.72%)
Some college, no degree: 105 (15.74%)
Associate degree: 25 (3.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 39 (5.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (3.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 820 (100%)
Never married: 206 (25.12%)
Now married, except separated: 490 (59.76%)
Separated: 12 (1.46%)
Total Widowed: 50 (6.1%)
Widowed Female: 48 (5.85%)
Total Divorced: 62 (7.56%)
Divorced Female: 34 (4.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (79.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 758 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 122 (16.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 269 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (7.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 580 (100%)
--With a disability: 110 (18.97%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
--No disability: 470 (81.03%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 138 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (49.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 987 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 573 (58.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 409 (41.44%)
--Same county: 198 (20.06%)
--Different county: 211 (21.38%)
----Same state: 151 (15.3%)
----Different state: 60 (6.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,061 (100%)
Native: 1,000 (94.25%)
--Born in United States: 994 (100%)
----State of residence: 753 (70.97%)
----Different state: 241 (22.71%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 61 (5.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (2.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 25 (2.36%)
--Not a citizen: 36 (3.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 61 (100%)
Europe: 6 (9.84%)
Asia: 4 (6.56%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 51 (83.61%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 987 (100%)
English only: 892 (90.37%)
Language other than English: 95 (9.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (4.96%)
--Spanish: 84 (8.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (4.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,061 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 902% (85.01%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.75%)
Danish: 1 (0.09%)
Dutch: 46 (4.34%)
English: 150 (14.14%)
French (except Basque): 33 (3.11%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.19%)
German: 165 (15.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.38%)
Irish: 89 (8.39%)
Italian: 34 (3.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.66%)
Polish: 35 (3.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.13%)
Scottish: 9 (0.85%)
Slovak: 4 (0.38%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (1.79%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 148 (13.95%)
Welsh: 5 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 131 (12.35%)

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