Munster, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1851912, place: Munster town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,897 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 395 (6.7%)
Kindergarten: 285 (4.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,630 (44.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,256 (21.3%)
College or graduate school: 1,331 (22.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,068 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 405 (2.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 657 (4.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,137 (27.46%)
Some college, no degree: 3,225 (21.4%)
Associate degree: 744 (4.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,461 (22.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,439 (16.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,382 (100%)
Never married: 3,595 (20.68%)
Now married, except separated: 10,980 (63.17%)
Separated: 71 (0.41%)
Total Widowed: 1,631 (9.38%)
Widowed Female: 1,330 (7.65%)
Total Divorced: 1,105 (6.36%)
Divorced Female: 716 (4.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 309 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 103 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,317 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,165 (13.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,789 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (6.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,718 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,118 (9.54%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 10,600 (90.46%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,691 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,336 (36.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,501 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,180 (69.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,165 (30.07%)
--Same county: 3,615 (17.63%)
--Different county: 2,550 (12.44%)
----Same state: 484 (2.36%)
----Different state: 2,066 (10.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 156 (0.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,511 (100%)
Native: 19,811 (92.1%)
--Born in United States: 19,697 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,421 (53.09%)
----Different state: 8,276 (38.47%)
--Born outside United States: 114 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 1,700 (7.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 505 (2.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,028 (4.78%)
--Not a citizen: 672 (3.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,700 (100%)
Europe: 723 (42.53%)
Asia: 768 (45.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 16 (0.94%)
Latin America: 149 (8.76%)
Northern America: 44 (2.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,501 (100%)
English only: 17,579 (85.75%)
Language other than English: 2,922 (14.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 908 (4.43%)
--Spanish: 613 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 180 (0.88%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,793 (8.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 490 (2.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 440 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 194 (0.95%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,511 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,825% (120.05%)
Arab: 14 (0.07%)
Czech: 222 (1.03%)
Danish: 119 (0.55%)
Dutch: 1,083 (5.03%)
English: 1,523 (7.08%)
French (except Basque): 563 (2.62%)
French Canadian: 86 (0.4%)
German: 4,202 (19.53%)
Greek: 318 (1.48%)
Hungarian: 541 (2.51%)
Irish: 3,024 (14.06%)
Italian: 1,725 (8.02%)
Lithuanian: 215 (1%)
Norwegian: 182 (0.85%)
Polish: 4,173 (19.4%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 294 (1.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 284 (1.32%)
Scottish: 244 (1.13%)
Slovak: 883 (4.1%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.02%)
Swedish: 674 (3.13%)
Swiss: 107 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 157 (0.73%)
United States or American: 561 (2.61%)
Welsh: 142 (0.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 16 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 4,468 (20.77%)

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