Knox, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1840374, place: Knox city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 848 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 55 (6.49%)
Kindergarten: 58 (6.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 474 (55.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 183 (21.58%)
College or graduate school: 78 (9.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,504 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 304 (12.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 489 (19.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 944 (37.7%)
Some college, no degree: 426 (17.01%)
Associate degree: 106 (4.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 160 (6.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 75 (3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,991 (100%)
Never married: 632 (21.13%)
Now married, except separated: 1,507 (50.38%)
Separated: 68 (2.27%)
Total Widowed: 330 (11.03%)
Widowed Female: 281 (9.39%)
Total Divorced: 454 (15.18%)
Divorced Female: 257 (8.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (17.39%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,813 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 390 (13.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 816 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (12.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 612 (30.54%)
----Percent employed: 47.1%
--No disability: 1,392 (69.46%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 549 (100%)
--With a disability: 257 (46.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,536 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,998 (56.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,511 (42.73%)
--Same county: 819 (23.16%)
--Different county: 692 (19.57%)
----Same state: 345 (9.76%)
----Different state: 347 (9.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (0.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,808 (100%)
Native: 3,632 (95.38%)
--Born in United States: 3,632 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,569 (67.46%)
----Different state: 1,063 (27.91%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 176 (4.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 75 (1.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 99 (2.6%)
--Not a citizen: 77 (2.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 176 (100%)
Europe: 109 (61.93%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 62 (35.23%)
Northern America: 5 (2.84%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,536 (100%)
English only: 3,335 (94.32%)
Language other than English: 201 (5.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (3.22%)
--Spanish: 98 (2.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (1.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 103 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (1.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,808 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,525% (92.57%)
Arab: 5 (0.13%)
Czech: 39 (1.02%)
Danish: 53 (1.39%)
Dutch: 123 (3.23%)
English: 326 (8.56%)
French (except Basque): 136 (3.57%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.34%)
German: 789 (20.72%)
Greek: 8 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.13%)
Irish: 525 (13.79%)
Italian: 125 (3.28%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 163 (4.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 12 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (0.79%)
Scottish: 37 (0.97%)
Slovak: 11 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 108 (2.84%)
Swiss: 20 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.45%)
United States or American: 499 (13.1%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 472 (12.39%)

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