Fortville, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1824286, place: Fortville town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 770 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 88 (11.43%)
Kindergarten: 51 (6.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 401 (52.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 147 (19.09%)
College or graduate school: 83 (10.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,105 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 192 (9.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 240 (11.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 930 (44.18%)
Some college, no degree: 291 (13.82%)
Associate degree: 124 (5.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 317 (15.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (0.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,573 (100%)
Never married: 646 (25.11%)
Now married, except separated: 1,348 (52.39%)
Separated: 22 (0.86%)
Total Widowed: 168 (6.53%)
Widowed Female: 127 (4.94%)
Total Divorced: 389 (15.12%)
Divorced Female: 281 (10.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 96 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (11.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,451 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 264 (10.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 805 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (6.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,919 (100%)
--With a disability: 390 (20.32%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
--No disability: 1,529 (79.68%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 394 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (77.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,118 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,377 (44.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,722 (55.23%)
--Same county: 700 (22.45%)
--Different county: 1,022 (32.78%)
----Same state: 866 (27.77%)
----Different state: 156 (5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,449 (100%)
Native: 3,449 (100%)
--Born in United States: 3,436 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,798 (81.12%)
----Different state: 638 (18.5%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,118 (100%)
English only: 3,112 (99.81%)
Language other than English: 6 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,449 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,994% (86.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 146 (4.23%)
English: 147 (4.26%)
French (except Basque): 106 (3.07%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 746 (21.63%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 532 (15.42%)
Italian: 183 (5.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 89 (2.58%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.61%)
Scottish: 70 (2.03%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (0.43%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 731 (21.19%)
Welsh: 10 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 198 (5.74%)

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