U.S. Beacon March 28, 2024

Elkhart, IN

Elkhart County, Indiana

Latitude: 41.683149     Longitude: -85.968798
Population 52,270 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1820728, place: Elkhart city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,103 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,075 (8.88%)
Kindergarten: 786 (6.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,283 (51.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,395 (19.79%)
College or graduate school: 1,564 (12.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 31,608 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,000 (9.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,000 (18.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,121 (35.18%)
Some college, no degree: 5,948 (18.82%)
Associate degree: 1,297 (4.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,912 (9.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,330 (4.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 38,857 (100%)
Never married: 10,817 (27.84%)
Now married, except separated: 18,668 (48.04%)
Separated: 915 (2.35%)
Total Widowed: 2,645 (6.81%)
Widowed Female: 2,142 (5.51%)
Total Divorced: 5,812 (14.96%)
Divorced Female: 3,288 (8.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 990 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 559 (56.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 36,997 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,284 (11.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,885 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,416 (11.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,831 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,075 (24.54%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 21,756 (75.46%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 5,692 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,523 (44.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 46,709 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,707 (44.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 23,544 (50.41%)
--Same county: 15,137 (32.41%)
--Different county: 8,407 (18%)
----Same state: 2,831 (6.06%)
----Different state: 5,576 (11.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,458 (5.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 51,701 (100%)
Native: 45,806 (88.6%)
--Born in United States: 45,445 (100%)
----State of residence: 29,223 (56.52%)
----Different state: 16,222 (31.38%)
--Born outside United States: 361 (0.7%)
Foreign born: 5,895 (11.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,966 (7.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,192 (2.31%)
--Not a citizen: 4,703 (9.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,895 (100%)
Europe: 360 (6.11%)
Asia: 588 (9.97%)
Africa: 59 (1%)
Oceania: 7 (0.12%)
Latin America: 4,765 (80.83%)
Northern America: 116 (1.97%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 46,709 (100%)
English only: 38,633 (82.71%)
Language other than English: 8,076 (17.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,805 (10.29%)
--Spanish: 6,834 (14.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,311 (9.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 678 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 185 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 437 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 247 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 51,701 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 48,336% (93.49%)
Arab: 138 (0.27%)
Czech: 153 (0.3%)
Danish: 128 (0.25%)
Dutch: 1,414 (2.73%)
English: 3,403 (6.58%)
French (except Basque): 1,194 (2.31%)
French Canadian: 278 (0.54%)
German: 9,681 (18.72%)
Greek: 94 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 248 (0.48%)
Irish: 4,263 (8.25%)
Italian: 1,664 (3.22%)
Lithuanian: 42 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 474 (0.92%)
Polish: 1,152 (2.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 109 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 567 (1.1%)
Scottish: 701 (1.36%)
Slovak: 39 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 656 (1.27%)
Swedish: 570 (1.1%)
Swiss: 454 (0.88%)
Ukrainian: 99 (0.19%)
United States or American: 3,641 (7.04%)
Welsh: 347 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 30 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 16,797 (32.49%)

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