Lynn, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1845468, place: Lynn town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 291 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (2.75%)
Kindergarten: 22 (7.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 145 (49.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 75 (25.77%)
College or graduate school: 41 (14.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 708 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 66 (9.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 92 (12.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 328 (46.33%)
Some college, no degree: 141 (19.92%)
Associate degree: 44 (6.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 24 (3.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (1.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 883 (100%)
Never married: 188 (21.29%)
Now married, except separated: 500 (56.63%)
Separated: 11 (1.25%)
Total Widowed: 79 (8.95%)
Widowed Female: 61 (6.91%)
Total Divorced: 105 (11.89%)
Divorced Female: 57 (6.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 820 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 99 (12.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 285 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (9.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 624 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (15.22%)
----Percent employed: 47.4%
--No disability: 529 (84.78%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 162 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (50.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,071 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 607 (56.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 462 (43.14%)
--Same county: 316 (29.51%)
--Different county: 146 (13.63%)
----Same state: 72 (6.72%)
----Different state: 74 (6.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,146 (100%)
Native: 1,146 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,145 (100%)
----State of residence: 859 (74.96%)
----Different state: 286 (24.96%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.09%)
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 BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,071 (100%)
English only: 1,060 (98.97%)
Language other than English: 11 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.09%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,146 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 865% (75.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.44%)
Dutch: 32 (2.79%)
English: 137 (11.95%)
French (except Basque): 26 (2.27%)
French Canadian: 14 (1.22%)
German: 177 (15.45%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 111 (9.69%)
Italian: 12 (1.05%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.44%)
Polish: 1 (0.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (1.13%)
Scottish: 22 (1.92%)
Slovak: 7 (0.61%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.52%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 180 (15.71%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 117 (10.21%)

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