Evansville, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1822000, place: Evansville city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 29,772 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,110 (7.09%)
Kindergarten: 1,709 (5.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,136 (40.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,934 (19.93%)
College or graduate school: 7,883 (26.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 80,088 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,928 (6.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10,539 (13.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 29,235 (36.5%)
Some college, no degree: 17,128 (21.39%)
Associate degree: 4,856 (6.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,897 (11.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,505 (5.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 98,592 (100%)
Never married: 26,100 (26.47%)
Now married, except separated: 47,983 (48.67%)
Separated: 1,160 (1.18%)
Total Widowed: 8,281 (8.4%)
Widowed Female: 7,097 (7.2%)
Total Divorced: 15,068 (15.28%)
Divorced Female: 8,804 (8.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,888 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 984 (52.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 94,044 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 13,124 (13.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 25,875 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,450 (13.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 67,537 (100%)
--With a disability: 14,680 (21.74%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
--No disability: 52,857 (78.26%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 18,225 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,940 (43.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 114,096 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 60,185 (52.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 52,908 (46.37%)
--Same county: 34,975 (30.65%)
--Different county: 17,933 (15.72%)
----Same state: 8,873 (7.78%)
----Different state: 9,060 (7.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,003 (0.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 121,877 (100%)
Native: 119,947 (98.42%)
--Born in United States: 119,563 (100%)
----State of residence: 84,975 (69.72%)
----Different state: 34,588 (28.38%)
--Born outside United States: 384 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 1,930 (1.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,000 (0.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 794 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 1,136 (0.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,930 (100%)
Europe: 527 (27.31%)
Asia: 912 (47.25%)
Africa: 22 (1.14%)
Oceania: 9 (0.47%)
Latin America: 372 (19.27%)
Northern America: 88 (4.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 114,096 (100%)
English only: 109,760 (96.2%)
Language other than English: 4,336 (3.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,520 (1.33%)
--Spanish: 1,809 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 589 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,638 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 543 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 673 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 313 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 121,877 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 103,027% (84.53%)
Arab: 365 (0.3%)
Czech: 323 (0.27%)
Danish: 112 (0.09%)
Dutch: 1,700 (1.39%)
English: 11,096 (9.1%)
French (except Basque): 2,902 (2.38%)
French Canadian: 294 (0.24%)
German: 29,976 (24.6%)
Greek: 185 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 95 (0.08%)
Irish: 12,659 (10.39%)
Italian: 1,740 (1.43%)
Lithuanian: 115 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 479 (0.39%)
Polish: 1,006 (0.83%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.01%)
Russian: 374 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,674 (1.37%)
Scottish: 1,678 (1.38%)
Slovak: 36 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 230 (0.19%)
Swedish: 453 (0.37%)
Swiss: 304 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 50 (0.04%)
United States or American: 13,067 (10.72%)
Welsh: 810 (0.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 44 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 21,253 (17.44%)

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