Fort Wayne, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1825000, place: Fort Wayne city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 56,505 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4,296 (7.6%)
Kindergarten: 3,177 (5.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 24,772 (43.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 11,691 (20.69%)
College or graduate school: 12,569 (22.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 128,039 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6,368 (4.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 15,184 (11.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 41,939 (32.75%)
Some college, no degree: 29,952 (23.39%)
Associate degree: 9,699 (7.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 16,521 (12.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8,376 (6.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 158,744 (100%)
Never married: 48,081 (30.29%)
Now married, except separated: 75,566 (47.6%)
Separated: 3,085 (1.94%)
Total Widowed: 11,522 (7.26%)
Widowed Female: 9,530 (6%)
Total Divorced: 20,490 (12.91%)
Divorced Female: 11,864 (7.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,483 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,832 (52.6%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 150,131 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 18,344 (12.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 48,961 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,411 (9.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 114,206 (100%)
--With a disability: 21,916 (19.19%)
----Percent employed: 59.6%
--No disability: 92,290 (80.81%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 23,806 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,845 (41.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 189,774 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 96,299 (50.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 89,283 (47.05%)
--Same county: 61,481 (32.4%)
--Different county: 27,802 (14.65%)
----Same state: 11,507 (6.06%)
----Different state: 16,295 (8.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,192 (2.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 205,941 (100%)
Native: 195,754 (95.05%)
--Born in United States: 194,790 (100%)
----State of residence: 136,904 (66.48%)
----Different state: 57,886 (28.11%)
--Born outside United States: 964 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 10,187 (4.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,229 (3.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,332 (1.62%)
--Not a citizen: 6,855 (3.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,187 (100%)
Europe: 2,076 (20.38%)
Asia: 2,792 (27.41%)
Africa: 384 (3.77%)
Oceania: 5 (0.05%)
Latin America: 4,529 (44.46%)
Northern America: 401 (3.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 189,774 (100%)
English only: 173,752 (91.56%)
Language other than English: 16,022 (8.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,636 (4.02%)
--Spanish: 9,276 (4.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,793 (2.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,029 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,252 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,168 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,349 (0.71%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 205,941 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 204,137% (99.12%)
Arab: 369 (0.18%)
Czech: 476 (0.23%)
Danish: 509 (0.25%)
Dutch: 3,576 (1.74%)
English: 15,638 (7.59%)
French (except Basque): 7,860 (3.82%)
French Canadian: 771 (0.37%)
German: 56,716 (27.54%)
Greek: 678 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 803 (0.39%)
Irish: 21,610 (10.49%)
Italian: 4,784 (2.32%)
Lithuanian: 245 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 1,214 (0.59%)
Polish: 4,107 (1.99%)
Portuguese: 201 (0.1%)
Russian: 636 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,167 (1.05%)
Scottish: 3,423 (1.66%)
Slovak: 263 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 1,379 (0.67%)
Swedish: 1,779 (0.86%)
Swiss: 1,905 (0.93%)
Ukrainian: 341 (0.17%)
United States or American: 14,422 (7%)
Welsh: 1,073 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 383 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 56,809 (27.59%)

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