General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1817002, place: Dayton town, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 362 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (6.35%)
Kindergarten: 18 (4.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 169 (46.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 95 (26.24%)
College or graduate school: 57 (15.75%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 628 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (4.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 42 (6.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 278 (44.27%)
Some college, no degree: 141 (22.45%)
Associate degree: 38 (6.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 67 (10.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 32 (5.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 814 (100%)
Never married: 183 (22.48%)
Now married, except separated: 486 (59.71%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 33 (4.05%)
Widowed Female: 25 (3.07%)
Total Divorced: 112 (13.76%)
Divorced Female: 74 (9.09%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (40%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 732 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 105 (14.34%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 333 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (6.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 601 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (17.14%)
----Percent employed: 65%
--No disability: 498 (82.86%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 82 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (45.12%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,016 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 551 (54.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 461 (45.37%)
--Same county: 314 (30.91%)
--Different county: 147 (14.47%)
----Same state: 84 (8.27%)
----Different state: 63 (6.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.39%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,108 (100%)
Native: 1,099 (99.19%)
--Born in United States: 1,094 (100%)
----State of residence: 875 (78.97%)
----Different state: 219 (19.77%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.63%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 3 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,016 (100%)
English only: 988 (97.24%)
Language other than English: 28 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.3%)
--Spanish: 19 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,108 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 874% (78.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (0.27%)
Dutch: 35 (3.16%)
English: 65 (5.87%)
French (except Basque): 37 (3.34%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 278 (25.09%)
Greek: 2 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 102 (9.21%)
Italian: 27 (2.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.63%)
Polish: 5 (0.45%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (1.81%)
Scottish: 9 (0.81%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.18%)
Swedish: 3 (0.27%)
Swiss: 3 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.18%)
United States or American: 159 (14.35%)
Welsh: 4 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 111 (10.02%)
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