Dunkirk, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1819054, place: Dunkirk city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 548 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (5.29%)
Kindergarten: 40 (7.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 294 (53.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (21.17%)
College or graduate school: 69 (12.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,783 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 200 (11.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 312 (17.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 848 (47.56%)
Some college, no degree: 276 (15.48%)
Associate degree: 69 (3.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 50 (2.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (1.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,142 (100%)
Never married: 444 (20.73%)
Now married, except separated: 1,252 (58.45%)
Separated: 24 (1.12%)
Total Widowed: 189 (8.82%)
Widowed Female: 160 (7.47%)
Total Divorced: 233 (10.88%)
Divorced Female: 141 (6.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (48.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,040 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 330 (16.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 590 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (9.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,485 (100%)
--With a disability: 374 (25.19%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
--No disability: 1,111 (74.81%)
----Percent employed: 77.3%
Population 65 years and over: 439 (100%)
--With a disability: 209 (47.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,514 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,502 (59.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 989 (39.34%)
--Same county: 684 (27.21%)
--Different county: 305 (12.13%)
----Same state: 246 (9.79%)
----Different state: 59 (2.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,704 (100%)
Native: 2,692 (99.56%)
--Born in United States: 2,670 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,092 (77.37%)
----Different state: 578 (21.38%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.15%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 8 (66.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (33.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,514 (100%)
English only: 2,473 (98.37%)
Language other than English: 41 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.48%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,704 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,676% (61.98%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 53 (1.96%)
English: 192 (7.1%)
French (except Basque): 23 (0.85%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.15%)
German: 419 (15.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 254 (9.39%)
Italian: 41 (1.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 30 (1.11%)
Polish: 4 (0.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (0.37%)
Scottish: 40 (1.48%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.3%)
Swedish: 20 (0.74%)
Swiss: 4 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.18%)
United States or American: 458 (16.94%)
Welsh: 31 (1.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 76 (2.81%)

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