Kokomo, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1840392, place: Kokomo city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,178 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,042 (10.24%)
Kindergarten: 811 (7.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,651 (45.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,045 (20.09%)
College or graduate school: 1,629 (16.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 30,257 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,121 (7.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,125 (13.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,469 (37.91%)
Some college, no degree: 6,231 (20.59%)
Associate degree: 1,523 (5.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,094 (10.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,694 (5.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 36,200 (100%)
Never married: 8,802 (24.31%)
Now married, except separated: 17,823 (49.23%)
Separated: 553 (1.53%)
Total Widowed: 3,185 (8.8%)
Widowed Female: 2,679 (7.4%)
Total Divorced: 5,837 (16.12%)
Divorced Female: 3,587 (9.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 893 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 442 (49.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 34,490 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,190 (15.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,231 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,112 (12.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 26,264 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,793 (22.06%)
----Percent employed: 49.1%
--No disability: 20,471 (77.94%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 6,194 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,979 (48.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 42,279 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,928 (51.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,074 (47.48%)
--Same county: 13,020 (30.8%)
--Different county: 7,054 (16.68%)
----Same state: 3,917 (9.26%)
----Different state: 3,137 (7.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 277 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 45,967 (100%)
Native: 45,046 (98%)
--Born in United States: 44,808 (100%)
----State of residence: 33,610 (73.12%)
----Different state: 11,198 (24.36%)
--Born outside United States: 238 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 921 (2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 358 (0.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 473 (1.03%)
--Not a citizen: 448 (0.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 921 (100%)
Europe: 279 (30.29%)
Asia: 282 (30.62%)
Africa: 37 (4.02%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 250 (27.14%)
Northern America: 73 (7.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 42,279 (100%)
English only: 40,484 (95.75%)
Language other than English: 1,795 (4.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 651 (1.54%)
--Spanish: 1,082 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 414 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 472 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 129 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 209 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 45,967 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 38,490% (83.73%)
Arab: 27 (0.06%)
Czech: 38 (0.08%)
Danish: 75 (0.16%)
Dutch: 854 (1.86%)
English: 3,557 (7.74%)
French (except Basque): 872 (1.9%)
French Canadian: 162 (0.35%)
German: 7,246 (15.76%)
Greek: 50 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 116 (0.25%)
Irish: 4,053 (8.82%)
Italian: 875 (1.9%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 232 (0.5%)
Polish: 627 (1.36%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.04%)
Russian: 70 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 599 (1.3%)
Scottish: 622 (1.35%)
Slovak: 34 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 185 (0.4%)
Swedish: 310 (0.67%)
Swiss: 125 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.05%)
United States or American: 6,941 (15.1%)
Welsh: 213 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 10,523 (22.89%)

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