General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1819486, place: East Chicago city, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,355 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 659 (7.04%)
Kindergarten: 613 (6.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,413 (47.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,327 (24.87%)
College or graduate school: 1,343 (14.36%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 18,777 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,698 (19.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,704 (19.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,380 (33.98%)
Some college, no degree: 2,980 (15.87%)
Associate degree: 691 (3.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 977 (5.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 347 (1.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 24,050 (100%)
Never married: 9,232 (38.39%)
Now married, except separated: 9,566 (39.78%)
Separated: 732 (3.04%)
Total Widowed: 2,003 (8.33%)
Widowed Female: 1,608 (6.69%)
Total Divorced: 2,517 (10.47%)
Divorced Female: 1,472 (6.12%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,187 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 579 (48.78%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 22,484 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,241 (9.97%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 8,514 (100%)
--With a disability: 850 (9.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,473 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,556 (27.66%)
----Percent employed: 41.9%
--No disability: 11,917 (72.34%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
Population 65 years and over: 4,398 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,103 (47.82%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 29,502 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,608 (59.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,020 (37.35%)
--Same county: 8,749 (29.66%)
--Different county: 2,271 (7.7%)
----Same state: 305 (1.03%)
----Different state: 1,966 (6.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 874 (2.96%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 32,414 (100%)
Native: 27,633 (85.25%)
--Born in United States: 26,225 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,764 (57.89%)
----Different state: 7,461 (23.02%)
--Born outside United States: 1,408 (4.34%)
Foreign born: 4,781 (14.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,595 (4.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,184 (6.74%)
--Not a citizen: 2,597 (8.01%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 4,781 (100%)
Europe: 386 (8.07%)
Asia: 35 (0.73%)
Africa: 27 (0.56%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4,324 (90.44%)
Northern America: 9 (0.19%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 29,502 (100%)
English only: 15,924 (53.98%)
Language other than English: 13,578 (46.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,620 (19.05%)
--Spanish: 12,596 (42.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,341 (18.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 801 (2.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 236 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.03%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 32,414 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,119% (92.92%)
Arab: 66 (0.2%)
Czech: 116 (0.36%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 62 (0.19%)
English: 130 (0.4%)
French (except Basque): 79 (0.24%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.04%)
German: 492 (1.52%)
Greek: 40 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 212 (0.65%)
Irish: 379 (1.17%)
Italian: 252 (0.78%)
Lithuanian: 61 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.02%)
Polish: 1,562 (4.82%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 26 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 34 (0.1%)
Scottish: 62 (0.19%)
Slovak: 213 (0.66%)
Subsaharan African: 234 (0.72%)
Swedish: 82 (0.25%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.02%)
United States or American: 169 (0.52%)
Welsh: 6 (0.02%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 25,804 (79.61%)
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