Columbus, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1814734, place: Columbus city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,431 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 966 (10.24%)
Kindergarten: 603 (6.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,305 (45.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,929 (20.45%)
College or graduate school: 1,628 (17.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,879 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,083 (4.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,841 (10.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,174 (31.59%)
Some college, no degree: 5,075 (19.61%)
Associate degree: 1,562 (6.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,343 (16.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,801 (10.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,532 (100%)
Never married: 6,266 (20.52%)
Now married, except separated: 17,869 (58.53%)
Separated: 386 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 2,041 (6.68%)
Widowed Female: 1,710 (5.6%)
Total Divorced: 3,970 (13%)
Divorced Female: 2,288 (7.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 408 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 277 (67.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 29,022 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,809 (13.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,283 (100%)
--With a disability: 775 (9.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,189 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,864 (17.41%)
----Percent employed: 54.3%
--No disability: 18,325 (82.59%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 4,817 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,316 (48.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 36,121 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,152 (47.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,856 (49.43%)
--Same county: 10,602 (29.35%)
--Different county: 7,254 (20.08%)
----Same state: 3,647 (10.1%)
----Different state: 3,607 (9.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,113 (3.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 39,137 (100%)
Native: 36,971 (94.47%)
--Born in United States: 36,786 (100%)
----State of residence: 26,669 (68.14%)
----Different state: 10,117 (25.85%)
--Born outside United States: 185 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 2,166 (5.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,532 (3.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 546 (1.4%)
--Not a citizen: 1,620 (4.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,166 (100%)
Europe: 433 (19.99%)
Asia: 865 (39.94%)
Africa: 39 (1.8%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 728 (33.61%)
Northern America: 101 (4.66%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 36,121 (100%)
English only: 33,533 (92.84%)
Language other than English: 2,588 (7.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,094 (3.03%)
--Spanish: 1,132 (3.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 542 (1.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 752 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 234 (0.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 662 (1.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 318 (0.88%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 39,137 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,305% (90.21%)
Arab: 27 (0.07%)
Czech: 49 (0.13%)
Danish: 66 (0.17%)
Dutch: 669 (1.71%)
English: 4,435 (11.33%)
French (except Basque): 900 (2.3%)
French Canadian: 67 (0.17%)
German: 8,564 (21.88%)
Greek: 34 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 155 (0.4%)
Irish: 4,069 (10.4%)
Italian: 820 (2.1%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 181 (0.46%)
Polish: 482 (1.23%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.04%)
Russian: 47 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 664 (1.7%)
Scottish: 717 (1.83%)
Slovak: 23 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 93 (0.24%)
Swedish: 332 (0.85%)
Swiss: 207 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 77 (0.2%)
United States or American: 6,173 (15.77%)
Welsh: 171 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 6,203 (15.85%)

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