Ligonier, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1843686, place: Ligonier city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,125 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 67 (5.96%)
Kindergarten: 55 (4.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 577 (51.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 336 (29.87%)
College or graduate school: 90 (8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,471 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 382 (15.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 499 (20.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,078 (43.63%)
Some college, no degree: 223 (9.02%)
Associate degree: 99 (4.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 136 (5.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (2.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,394 (100%)
Never married: 874 (25.75%)
Now married, except separated: 1,861 (54.83%)
Separated: 26 (0.77%)
Total Widowed: 256 (7.54%)
Widowed Female: 171 (5.04%)
Total Divorced: 377 (11.11%)
Divorced Female: 221 (6.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 123 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (29.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,120 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 262 (8.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,276 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (4.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,358 (100%)
--With a disability: 417 (17.68%)
----Percent employed: 69.1%
--No disability: 1,941 (82.32%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 399 (100%)
--With a disability: 257 (64.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,109 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,921 (46.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,731 (42.13%)
--Same county: 1,154 (28.08%)
--Different county: 577 (14.04%)
----Same state: 227 (5.52%)
----Different state: 350 (8.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 457 (11.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,539 (100%)
Native: 3,473 (76.51%)
--Born in United States: 3,473 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,546 (56.09%)
----Different state: 927 (20.42%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 1,066 (23.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 768 (16.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 200 (4.41%)
--Not a citizen: 866 (19.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,066 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 21 (1.97%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,045 (98.03%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,109 (100%)
English only: 2,729 (66.42%)
Language other than English: 1,380 (33.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 885 (21.54%)
--Spanish: 1,338 (32.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 856 (20.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,539 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,974% (87.55%)
Arab: 17 (0.37%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (0.53%)
English: 274 (6.04%)
French (except Basque): 62 (1.37%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 831 (18.31%)
Greek: 21 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.22%)
Irish: 317 (6.98%)
Italian: 11 (0.24%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.15%)
Polish: 52 (1.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (0.44%)
Scottish: 60 (1.32%)
Slovak: 8 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 32 (0.71%)
Swiss: 17 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 518 (11.41%)
Welsh: 5 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,688 (37.19%)

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