New Chicago, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1852776, place: New Chicago town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 445 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (5.17%)
Kindergarten: 21 (4.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 208 (46.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 98 (22.02%)
College or graduate school: 95 (21.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,414 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 184 (13.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 300 (21.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 634 (44.84%)
Some college, no degree: 209 (14.78%)
Associate degree: 40 (2.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 29 (2.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (1.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,700 (100%)
Never married: 441 (25.94%)
Now married, except separated: 809 (47.59%)
Separated: 22 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 129 (7.59%)
Widowed Female: 105 (6.18%)
Total Divorced: 299 (17.59%)
Divorced Female: 157 (9.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (69.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,630 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 237 (14.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 413 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (8.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,236 (100%)
--With a disability: 354 (28.64%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 882 (71.36%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
Population 65 years and over: 323 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (46.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,972 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,098 (55.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 867 (43.97%)
--Same county: 597 (30.27%)
--Different county: 270 (13.69%)
----Same state: 121 (6.14%)
----Different state: 149 (7.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,155 (100%)
Native: 2,054 (95.31%)
--Born in United States: 2,030 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,364 (63.29%)
----Different state: 666 (30.9%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 101 (4.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (2.74%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (1.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 101 (100%)
Europe: 29 (28.71%)
Asia: 9 (8.91%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 56 (55.45%)
Northern America: 7 (6.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,972 (100%)
English only: 1,643 (83.32%)
Language other than English: 329 (16.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150 (7.61%)
--Spanish: 211 (10.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 102 (5.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 97 (4.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (1.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,155 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,255% (104.64%)
Arab: 4 (0.19%)
Czech: 5 (0.23%)
Danish: 9 (0.42%)
Dutch: 65 (3.02%)
English: 145 (6.73%)
French (except Basque): 31 (1.44%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.7%)
German: 375 (17.4%)
Greek: 6 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.32%)
Irish: 281 (13.04%)
Italian: 124 (5.75%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.51%)
Polish: 252 (11.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (0.46%)
Scottish: 18 (0.84%)
Slovak: 14 (0.65%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 40 (1.86%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 188 (8.72%)
Welsh: 8 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 626 (29.05%)

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