Decatur, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1817074, place: Decatur city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,357 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 207 (8.78%)
Kindergarten: 160 (6.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,134 (48.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 482 (20.45%)
College or graduate school: 374 (15.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,039 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 251 (4.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 653 (10.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,895 (47.94%)
Some college, no degree: 1,195 (19.79%)
Associate degree: 371 (6.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 410 (6.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 264 (4.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,313 (100%)
Never married: 1,647 (22.52%)
Now married, except separated: 4,019 (54.96%)
Separated: 114 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 594 (8.12%)
Widowed Female: 526 (7.19%)
Total Divorced: 939 (12.84%)
Divorced Female: 529 (7.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 84 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (4.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,896 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 865 (12.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,205 (100%)
--With a disability: 135 (6.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,088 (100%)
--With a disability: 734 (14.43%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
--No disability: 4,354 (85.57%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,429 (100%)
--With a disability: 639 (44.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,777 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,960 (56.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,796 (43.25%)
--Same county: 2,643 (30.11%)
--Different county: 1,153 (13.14%)
----Same state: 559 (6.37%)
----Different state: 594 (6.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (0.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,460 (100%)
Native: 9,281 (98.11%)
--Born in United States: 9,253 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,979 (73.77%)
----Different state: 2,274 (24.04%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 179 (1.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 36 (0.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 124 (1.31%)
--Not a citizen: 55 (0.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 179 (100%)
Europe: 29 (16.2%)
Asia: 57 (31.84%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 79 (44.13%)
Northern America: 14 (7.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,777 (100%)
English only: 8,247 (93.96%)
Language other than English: 530 (6.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (1.45%)
--Spanish: 325 (3.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (1.03%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 147 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 47 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,460 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,120% (85.84%)
Arab: 11 (0.12%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 78 (0.82%)
English: 760 (8.03%)
French (except Basque): 317 (3.35%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.17%)
German: 3,067 (32.42%)
Greek: 4 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.25%)
Irish: 809 (8.55%)
Italian: 83 (0.88%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.23%)
Polish: 80 (0.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (0.29%)
Scottish: 132 (1.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.18%)
Swedish: 98 (1.04%)
Swiss: 381 (4.03%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 937 (9.9%)
Welsh: 20 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,228 (12.98%)

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