Mitchell, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1849950, place: Mitchell city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 964 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 99 (10.27%)
Kindergarten: 67 (6.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 528 (54.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 206 (21.37%)
College or graduate school: 64 (6.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,018 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 357 (11.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 568 (18.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,335 (44.23%)
Some college, no degree: 509 (16.87%)
Associate degree: 89 (2.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 103 (3.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 57 (1.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,525 (100%)
Never married: 717 (20.34%)
Now married, except separated: 1,894 (53.73%)
Separated: 33 (0.94%)
Total Widowed: 396 (11.23%)
Widowed Female: 321 (9.11%)
Total Divorced: 485 (13.76%)
Divorced Female: 323 (9.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 94 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 82 (87.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,335 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 473 (14.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 984 (100%)
--With a disability: 113 (11.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,475 (100%)
--With a disability: 700 (28.28%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 1,775 (71.72%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
Population 65 years and over: 618 (100%)
--With a disability: 382 (61.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,201 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,436 (57.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,713 (40.78%)
--Same county: 1,118 (26.61%)
--Different county: 595 (14.16%)
----Same state: 358 (8.52%)
----Different state: 237 (5.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 52 (1.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,501 (100%)
Native: 4,471 (99.33%)
--Born in United States: 4,460 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,780 (83.98%)
----Different state: 680 (15.11%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 30 (0.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.33%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (30%)
Northern America: 21 (70%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,201 (100%)
English only: 4,143 (98.62%)
Language other than English: 58 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.38%)
--Spanish: 51 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,501 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,335% (74.09%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 25 (0.56%)
English: 799 (17.75%)
French (except Basque): 108 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.56%)
German: 595 (13.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.47%)
Irish: 340 (7.55%)
Italian: 16 (0.36%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 23 (0.51%)
Polish: 6 (0.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (0.93%)
Scottish: 108 (2.4%)
Slovak: 11 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.09%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 904 (20.08%)
Welsh: 13 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 295 (6.55%)

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