Hammond, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1831000, place: Hammond city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 21,534 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,689 (7.84%)
Kindergarten: 1,455 (6.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,722 (45.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,739 (22.01%)
College or graduate school: 3,929 (18.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 52,272 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,322 (8.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,426 (16.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 20,502 (39.22%)
Some college, no degree: 10,762 (20.59%)
Associate degree: 2,359 (4.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,258 (8.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,643 (3.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 63,877 (100%)
Never married: 19,446 (30.44%)
Now married, except separated: 30,257 (47.37%)
Separated: 1,496 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 5,405 (8.46%)
Widowed Female: 4,283 (6.71%)
Total Divorced: 7,273 (11.39%)
Divorced Female: 3,883 (6.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,986 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 849 (42.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 60,348 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,326 (13.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 19,442 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,841 (9.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 46,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,858 (21.3%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 36,414 (78.7%)
----Percent employed: 72.3%
Population 65 years and over: 10,542 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,123 (48.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 76,426 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 46,196 (60.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 29,155 (38.15%)
--Same county: 19,266 (25.21%)
--Different county: 9,889 (12.94%)
----Same state: 1,151 (1.51%)
----Different state: 8,738 (11.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,075 (1.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 83,048 (100%)
Native: 77,014 (92.73%)
--Born in United States: 76,119 (100%)
----State of residence: 47,513 (57.21%)
----Different state: 28,606 (34.45%)
--Born outside United States: 895 (1.08%)
Foreign born: 6,034 (7.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,562 (1.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,918 (3.51%)
--Not a citizen: 3,116 (3.75%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,034 (100%)
Europe: 1,056 (17.5%)
Asia: 556 (9.21%)
Africa: 106 (1.76%)
Oceania: 10 (0.17%)
Latin America: 4,245 (70.35%)
Northern America: 61 (1.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 76,426 (100%)
English only: 62,066 (81.21%)
Language other than English: 14,360 (18.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,648 (7.39%)
--Spanish: 11,468 (15.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,725 (6.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,258 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 637 (0.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 236 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 83,048 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 88,660% (106.76%)
Arab: 369 (0.44%)
Czech: 398 (0.48%)
Danish: 127 (0.15%)
Dutch: 1,780 (2.14%)
English: 3,905 (4.7%)
French (except Basque): 1,799 (2.17%)
French Canadian: 190 (0.23%)
German: 11,586 (13.95%)
Greek: 577 (0.69%)
Hungarian: 1,436 (1.73%)
Irish: 9,610 (11.57%)
Italian: 3,016 (3.63%)
Lithuanian: 248 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 258 (0.31%)
Polish: 10,190 (12.27%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.03%)
Russian: 612 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 763 (0.92%)
Scottish: 757 (0.91%)
Slovak: 3,259 (3.92%)
Subsaharan African: 194 (0.23%)
Swedish: 1,020 (1.23%)
Swiss: 67 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 307 (0.37%)
United States or American: 3,254 (3.92%)
Welsh: 287 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 115 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 32,515 (39.15%)

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