Chandler, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1812034, place: Chandler town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 677 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 75 (11.08%)
Kindergarten: 34 (5.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 353 (52.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 158 (23.34%)
College or graduate school: 57 (8.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,943 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 102 (5.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 391 (20.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,008 (51.88%)
Some college, no degree: 278 (14.31%)
Associate degree: 77 (3.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (3.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23 (1.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,320 (100%)
Never married: 472 (20.34%)
Now married, except separated: 1,438 (61.98%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 154 (6.64%)
Widowed Female: 140 (6.03%)
Total Divorced: 256 (11.03%)
Divorced Female: 162 (6.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 51 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 51 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,177 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 234 (10.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 690 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (14.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,773 (100%)
--With a disability: 457 (25.78%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
--No disability: 1,316 (74.22%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 274 (100%)
--With a disability: 158 (57.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,737 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,491 (54.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,122 (40.99%)
--Same county: 530 (19.36%)
--Different county: 592 (21.63%)
----Same state: 387 (14.14%)
----Different state: 205 (7.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 124 (4.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,951 (100%)
Native: 2,944 (99.76%)
--Born in United States: 2,934 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,408 (81.6%)
----Different state: 526 (17.82%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.24%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 7 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,737 (100%)
English only: 2,658 (97.11%)
Language other than English: 79 (2.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (1.9%)
--Spanish: 35 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (1.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 38 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,951 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,037% (69.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 49 (1.66%)
English: 274 (9.28%)
French (except Basque): 25 (0.85%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.27%)
German: 492 (16.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 312 (10.57%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.41%)
Polish: 28 (0.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (2%)
Scottish: 78 (2.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 38 (1.29%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 387 (13.11%)
Welsh: 32 (1.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 243 (8.23%)

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