Elwood, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1821070, place: Elwood city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,002 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 170 (8.49%)
Kindergarten: 139 (6.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,183 (59.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 394 (19.68%)
College or graduate school: 116 (5.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,265 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 603 (9.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,441 (23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,730 (43.58%)
Some college, no degree: 917 (14.64%)
Associate degree: 203 (3.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 239 (3.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 132 (2.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,420 (100%)
Never married: 1,315 (17.72%)
Now married, except separated: 4,437 (59.8%)
Separated: 62 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 520 (7.01%)
Widowed Female: 478 (6.44%)
Total Divorced: 1,086 (14.64%)
Divorced Female: 627 (8.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (6.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,071 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,117 (15.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,041 (100%)
--With a disability: 261 (12.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,350 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,762 (32.93%)
----Percent employed: 49.3%
--No disability: 3,588 (67.07%)
----Percent employed: 74.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,354 (100%)
--With a disability: 781 (57.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,870 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,027 (67.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,803 (31.6%)
--Same county: 2,050 (23.11%)
--Different county: 753 (8.49%)
----Same state: 497 (5.6%)
----Different state: 256 (2.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,455 (100%)
Native: 9,335 (98.73%)
--Born in United States: 9,315 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,182 (86.54%)
----Different state: 1,133 (11.98%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 120 (1.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 62 (0.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 37 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 83 (0.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 120 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 103 (85.83%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (14.17%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,870 (100%)
English only: 8,649 (97.51%)
Language other than English: 221 (2.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (1.43%)
--Spanish: 137 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 68 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.56%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,455 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,036% (84.99%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 260 (2.75%)
English: 833 (8.81%)
French (except Basque): 68 (0.72%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,654 (17.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.17%)
Irish: 1,054 (11.15%)
Italian: 54 (0.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 33 (0.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 47 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 55 (0.58%)
Scottish: 204 (2.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 76 (0.8%)
Swiss: 8 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,775 (29.35%)
Welsh: 37 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 862 (9.12%)

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