General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1829772, place: Greentown town, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 701 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 67 (9.56%)
Kindergarten: 33 (4.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 337 (48.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 187 (26.68%)
College or graduate school: 77 (10.98%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,701 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 69 (4.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 105 (6.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 835 (49.09%)
Some college, no degree: 356 (20.93%)
Associate degree: 120 (7.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 132 (7.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 84 (4.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,025 (100%)
Never married: 400 (19.75%)
Now married, except separated: 1,190 (58.77%)
Separated: 28 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 176 (8.69%)
Widowed Female: 154 (7.6%)
Total Divorced: 231 (11.41%)
Divorced Female: 176 (8.69%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (52.38%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,879 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 247 (13.15%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 635 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (7.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,417 (100%)
--With a disability: 243 (17.15%)
----Percent employed: 45.7%
--No disability: 1,174 (82.85%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 309 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (50.16%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,427 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,367 (56.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,060 (43.68%)
--Same county: 688 (28.35%)
--Different county: 372 (15.33%)
----Same state: 259 (10.67%)
----Different state: 113 (4.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,611 (100%)
Native: 2,611 (100%)
--Born in United States: 2,611 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,146 (82.19%)
----Different state: 465 (17.81%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
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 BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,427 (100%)
English only: 2,395 (98.68%)
Language other than English: 32 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (0.58%)
----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: 2,611 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,213% (84.76%)
Arab: 5 (0.19%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 9 (0.34%)
Dutch: 77 (2.95%)
English: 212 (8.12%)
French (except Basque): 51 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 526 (20.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.15%)
Irish: 331 (12.68%)
Italian: 28 (1.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.31%)
Polish: 22 (0.84%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (1.03%)
Scottish: 46 (1.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (0.31%)
Swiss: 41 (1.57%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 574 (21.98%)
Welsh: 8 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 236 (9.04%)
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