General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1848132, place: Mecca town, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 92 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (3.26%)
Kindergarten: 3 (3.26%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 55 (59.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 22 (23.91%)
College or graduate school: 9 (9.78%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 200 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 12 (6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 49 (24.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 104 (52%)
Some college, no degree: 27 (13.5%)
Associate degree: 6 (3%)
Bachelor's degree: 2 (1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 256 (100%)
Never married: 65 (25.39%)
Now married, except separated: 126 (49.22%)
Separated: 3 (1.17%)
Total Widowed: 18 (7.03%)
Widowed Female: 14 (5.47%)
Total Divorced: 44 (17.19%)
Divorced Female: 25 (9.77%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (66.67%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 233 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 25 (10.73%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 98 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (5.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 191 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (21.99%)
----Percent employed: 40.5%
--No disability: 149 (78.01%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 24 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (50%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 313 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 170 (54.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 128 (40.89%)
--Same county: 75 (23.96%)
--Different county: 53 (16.93%)
----Same state: 44 (14.06%)
----Different state: 9 (2.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (4.79%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 329 (100%)
Native: 324 (98.48%)
--Born in United States: 319 (100%)
----State of residence: 277 (84.19%)
----Different state: 42 (12.77%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (1.52%)
Foreign born: 5 (1.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.91%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.61%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 5 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 313 (100%)
English only: 294 (93.93%)
Language other than English: 19 (6.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.28%)
--Spanish: 1 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (3.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.96%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 329 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 189% (57.45%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 16 (4.86%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.61%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 45 (13.68%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.61%)
Irish: 45 (13.68%)
Italian: 12 (3.65%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 5 (1.52%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.61%)
Scottish: 6 (1.82%)
Slovak: 1 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 19 (5.78%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 34 (10.33%)
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