Brookston, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1808146, place: Brookston town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 468 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 38 (8.12%)
Kindergarten: 30 (6.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 203 (43.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 126 (26.92%)
College or graduate school: 71 (15.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,126 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 28 (2.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 105 (9.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 545 (48.4%)
Some college, no degree: 243 (21.58%)
Associate degree: 63 (5.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 107 (9.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (3.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,337 (100%)
Never married: 269 (20.12%)
Now married, except separated: 807 (60.36%)
Separated: 16 (1.2%)
Total Widowed: 79 (5.91%)
Widowed Female: 73 (5.46%)
Total Divorced: 166 (12.42%)
Divorced Female: 102 (7.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,245 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 150 (12.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 394 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (11.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,026 (100%)
--With a disability: 200 (19.49%)
----Percent employed: 80%
--No disability: 826 (80.51%)
----Percent employed: 84.3%
Population 65 years and over: 175 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (57.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,595 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 985 (61.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 601 (37.68%)
--Same county: 189 (11.85%)
--Different county: 412 (25.83%)
----Same state: 333 (20.88%)
----Different state: 79 (4.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,725 (100%)
Native: 1,717 (99.54%)
--Born in United States: 1,710 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,378 (79.88%)
----Different state: 332 (19.25%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.17%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 3 (37.5%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (37.5%)
Northern America: 2 (25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,595 (100%)
English only: 1,545 (96.87%)
Language other than English: 50 (3.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 28 (1.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,725 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,676% (97.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 18 (1.04%)
Dutch: 73 (4.23%)
English: 219 (12.7%)
French (except Basque): 83 (4.81%)
French Canadian: 20 (1.16%)
German: 448 (25.97%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.12%)
Irish: 207 (12%)
Italian: 30 (1.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.87%)
Polish: 36 (2.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (1.39%)
Scottish: 41 (2.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 17 (0.99%)
Swiss: 9 (0.52%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 251 (14.55%)
Welsh: 12 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 171 (9.91%)

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