Goshen, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1828386, place: Goshen city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,844 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 391 (5.71%)
Kindergarten: 461 (6.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,323 (48.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,409 (20.59%)
College or graduate school: 1,260 (18.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,984 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,904 (10.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,141 (17.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,187 (34.4%)
Some college, no degree: 2,799 (15.56%)
Associate degree: 631 (3.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,142 (11.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,180 (6.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,950 (100%)
Never married: 5,948 (25.92%)
Now married, except separated: 12,910 (56.25%)
Separated: 318 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 1,573 (6.85%)
Widowed Female: 1,281 (5.58%)
Total Divorced: 2,201 (9.59%)
Divorced Female: 1,217 (5.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 511 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 201 (39.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,772 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,104 (9.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,858 (100%)
--With a disability: 644 (9.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,739 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,707 (17.2%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 13,032 (82.8%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,624 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,492 (41.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 27,084 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,661 (43.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,390 (49.44%)
--Same county: 9,007 (33.26%)
--Different county: 4,383 (16.18%)
----Same state: 1,856 (6.85%)
----Different state: 2,527 (9.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,033 (7.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 29,288 (100%)
Native: 24,675 (84.25%)
--Born in United States: 24,306 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,348 (55.82%)
----Different state: 7,958 (27.17%)
--Born outside United States: 369 (1.26%)
Foreign born: 4,613 (15.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,389 (11.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 780 (2.66%)
--Not a citizen: 3,833 (13.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,613 (100%)
Europe: 164 (3.56%)
Asia: 345 (7.48%)
Africa: 6 (0.13%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,978 (86.23%)
Northern America: 120 (2.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 27,084 (100%)
English only: 21,386 (78.96%)
Language other than English: 5,698 (21.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,653 (13.49%)
--Spanish: 4,832 (17.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,335 (12.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 667 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 188 (0.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 187 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 124 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 29,288 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,354% (93.4%)
Arab: 5 (0.02%)
Czech: 52 (0.18%)
Danish: 35 (0.12%)
Dutch: 887 (3.03%)
English: 1,334 (4.55%)
French (except Basque): 720 (2.46%)
French Canadian: 113 (0.39%)
German: 7,429 (25.37%)
Greek: 12 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 90 (0.31%)
Irish: 2,104 (7.18%)
Italian: 332 (1.13%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 155 (0.53%)
Polish: 452 (1.54%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.05%)
Russian: 87 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 234 (0.8%)
Scottish: 189 (0.65%)
Slovak: 30 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 93 (0.32%)
Swedish: 211 (0.72%)
Swiss: 1,577 (5.38%)
Ukrainian: 52 (0.18%)
United States or American: 3,268 (11.16%)
Welsh: 124 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,749 (26.46%)

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