Gary, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1827000, place: Gary city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 30,133 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,269 (7.53%)
Kindergarten: 1,905 (6.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,707 (45.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 7,355 (24.41%)
College or graduate school: 4,897 (16.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 61,790 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,007 (8.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 11,858 (19.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 21,703 (35.12%)
Some college, no degree: 13,826 (22.38%)
Associate degree: 3,142 (5.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,782 (6.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,472 (4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 77,131 (100%)
Never married: 29,892 (38.75%)
Now married, except separated: 26,282 (34.07%)
Separated: 3,327 (4.31%)
Total Widowed: 7,232 (9.38%)
Widowed Female: 5,981 (7.75%)
Total Divorced: 10,398 (13.48%)
Divorced Female: 6,116 (7.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4,679 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,408 (51.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 71,974 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 9,658 (13.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 26,874 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,886 (10.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 54,127 (100%)
--With a disability: 16,084 (29.72%)
----Percent employed: 45.6%
--No disability: 38,043 (70.28%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
Population 65 years and over: 12,627 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,212 (49.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 94,183 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 58,639 (62.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 34,763 (36.91%)
--Same county: 27,234 (28.92%)
--Different county: 7,529 (7.99%)
----Same state: 1,465 (1.56%)
----Different state: 6,064 (6.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 781 (0.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 102,746 (100%)
Native: 101,055 (98.35%)
--Born in United States: 100,309 (100%)
----State of residence: 64,703 (62.97%)
----Different state: 35,606 (34.65%)
--Born outside United States: 746 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 1,691 (1.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 565 (0.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 960 (0.93%)
--Not a citizen: 731 (0.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,691 (100%)
Europe: 459 (27.14%)
Asia: 213 (12.6%)
Africa: 198 (11.71%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 796 (47.07%)
Northern America: 25 (1.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 94,183 (100%)
English only: 88,200 (93.65%)
Language other than English: 5,983 (6.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,138 (2.27%)
--Spanish: 4,308 (4.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,609 (1.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,282 (1.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 371 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 112 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 102,746 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 89,683% (87.29%)
Arab: 40 (0.04%)
Czech: 151 (0.15%)
Danish: 102 (0.1%)
Dutch: 339 (0.33%)
English: 970 (0.94%)
French (except Basque): 272 (0.26%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.04%)
German: 1,957 (1.9%)
Greek: 207 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 134 (0.13%)
Irish: 1,793 (1.75%)
Italian: 519 (0.51%)
Lithuanian: 69 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 77 (0.07%)
Polish: 891 (0.87%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 96 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 173 (0.17%)
Scottish: 192 (0.19%)
Slovak: 395 (0.38%)
Subsaharan African: 1,517 (1.48%)
Swedish: 96 (0.09%)
Swiss: 14 (0.01%)
Ukrainian: 46 (0.04%)
United States or American: 2,046 (1.99%)
Welsh: 36 (0.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 288 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 77,225 (75.16%)

Return to Gary,IN.