Merom, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1848474, place: Merom town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 73 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (2.74%)
Kindergarten: 5 (6.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 27 (36.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 27 (36.99%)
College or graduate school: 12 (16.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 204 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9 (4.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 28 (13.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 101 (49.51%)
Some college, no degree: 29 (14.22%)
Associate degree: 20 (9.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 8 (3.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (4.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 242 (100%)
Never married: 53 (21.9%)
Now married, except separated: 158 (65.29%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 12 (4.96%)
Widowed Female: 12 (4.96%)
Total Divorced: 19 (7.85%)
Divorced Female: 5 (2.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (80%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 215 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 38 (17.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 74 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (5.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 178 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (25.84%)
----Percent employed: 32.6%
--No disability: 132 (74.16%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 28 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (46.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 280 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 146 (52.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 131 (46.79%)
--Same county: 75 (26.79%)
--Different county: 56 (20%)
----Same state: 21 (7.5%)
----Different state: 35 (12.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (1.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 303 (100%)
Native: 302 (99.67%)
--Born in United States: 302 (100%)
----State of residence: 228 (75.25%)
----Different state: 74 (24.42%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.33%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 280 (100%)
English only: 273 (97.5%)
Language other than English: 7 (2.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (1.07%)
--Spanish: 1 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (1.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 303 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 235% (77.56%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (3.3%)
English: 28 (9.24%)
French (except Basque): 12 (3.96%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 41 (13.53%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 36 (11.88%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (2.31%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 11 (3.63%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (1.65%)
Swiss: 4 (1.32%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 52 (17.16%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 29 (9.57%)

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