Gas City, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1827054, place: Gas City city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,452 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 141 (9.71%)
Kindergarten: 96 (6.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 685 (47.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 294 (20.25%)
College or graduate school: 236 (16.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,994 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 183 (4.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 624 (15.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,919 (48.05%)
Some college, no degree: 682 (17.08%)
Associate degree: 221 (5.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 234 (5.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 131 (3.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,743 (100%)
Never married: 945 (19.92%)
Now married, except separated: 2,657 (56.02%)
Separated: 44 (0.93%)
Total Widowed: 419 (8.83%)
Widowed Female: 347 (7.32%)
Total Divorced: 678 (14.29%)
Divorced Female: 308 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (70.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,461 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 570 (12.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,346 (100%)
--With a disability: 106 (7.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,424 (100%)
--With a disability: 618 (18.05%)
----Percent employed: 54.9%
--No disability: 2,806 (81.95%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 756 (100%)
--With a disability: 294 (38.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,582 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,209 (57.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,344 (41.99%)
--Same county: 1,829 (32.77%)
--Different county: 515 (9.23%)
----Same state: 279 (5%)
----Different state: 236 (4.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,998 (100%)
Native: 5,938 (99%)
--Born in United States: 5,928 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,812 (80.23%)
----Different state: 1,116 (18.61%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.17%)
Foreign born: 60 (1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 53 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 60 (100%)
Europe: 47 (78.33%)
Asia: 13 (21.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,582 (100%)
English only: 5,457 (97.76%)
Language other than English: 125 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 46 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 66 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,998 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,274% (71.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.17%)
Danish: 8 (0.13%)
Dutch: 92 (1.53%)
English: 451 (7.52%)
French (except Basque): 169 (2.82%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,048 (17.47%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 600 (10%)
Italian: 117 (1.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 33 (0.55%)
Polish: 18 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 67 (1.12%)
Scottish: 32 (0.53%)
Slovak: 9 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 14 (0.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 920 (15.34%)
Welsh: 23 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 663 (11.05%)

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