Chesterton, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1812412, place: Chesterton town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,010 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 232 (7.71%)
Kindergarten: 200 (6.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,244 (41.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 791 (26.28%)
College or graduate school: 543 (18.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,777 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 106 (1.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 388 (5.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,222 (32.79%)
Some college, no degree: 1,579 (23.3%)
Associate degree: 486 (7.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,159 (17.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 837 (12.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,194 (100%)
Never married: 1,959 (23.91%)
Now married, except separated: 4,665 (56.93%)
Separated: 132 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 542 (6.61%)
Widowed Female: 460 (5.61%)
Total Divorced: 896 (10.93%)
Divorced Female: 567 (6.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 70 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (58.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,641 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,064 (13.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,548 (100%)
--With a disability: 286 (11.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,205 (100%)
--With a disability: 878 (14.15%)
----Percent employed: 70.8%
--No disability: 5,327 (85.85%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 993 (100%)
--With a disability: 399 (40.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,798 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,504 (56.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,262 (43.5%)
--Same county: 2,281 (23.28%)
--Different county: 1,981 (20.22%)
----Same state: 1,082 (11.04%)
----Different state: 899 (9.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 32 (0.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,434 (100%)
Native: 10,207 (97.82%)
--Born in United States: 10,146 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,425 (61.58%)
----Different state: 3,721 (35.66%)
--Born outside United States: 61 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 227 (2.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 57 (0.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 156 (1.5%)
--Not a citizen: 71 (0.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 227 (100%)
Europe: 81 (35.68%)
Asia: 95 (41.85%)
Africa: 9 (3.96%)
Oceania: 9 (3.96%)
Latin America: 7 (3.08%)
Northern America: 26 (11.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,798 (100%)
English only: 9,321 (95.13%)
Language other than English: 477 (4.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.71%)
--Spanish: 146 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 268 (2.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 49 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,434 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,768% (122.37%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 123 (1.18%)
Danish: 29 (0.28%)
Dutch: 349 (3.34%)
English: 1,248 (11.96%)
French (except Basque): 276 (2.65%)
French Canadian: 66 (0.63%)
German: 2,676 (25.65%)
Greek: 213 (2.04%)
Hungarian: 191 (1.83%)
Irish: 2,025 (19.41%)
Italian: 580 (5.56%)
Lithuanian: 151 (1.45%)
Norwegian: 126 (1.21%)
Polish: 1,060 (10.16%)
Portuguese: 31 (0.3%)
Russian: 86 (0.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 264 (2.53%)
Scottish: 173 (1.66%)
Slovak: 282 (2.7%)
Subsaharan African: 35 (0.34%)
Swedish: 653 (6.26%)
Swiss: 18 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.07%)
United States or American: 304 (2.91%)
Welsh: 192 (1.84%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 34 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 1,576 (15.1%)

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