Ossian, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1857168, place: Ossian town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 735 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 67 (9.12%)
Kindergarten: 59 (8.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 352 (47.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 149 (20.27%)
College or graduate school: 108 (14.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,850 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 45 (2.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 161 (8.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 809 (43.73%)
Some college, no degree: 336 (18.16%)
Associate degree: 171 (9.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 241 (13.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 87 (4.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,228 (100%)
Never married: 448 (20.11%)
Now married, except separated: 1,354 (60.77%)
Separated: 8 (0.36%)
Total Widowed: 192 (8.62%)
Widowed Female: 157 (7.05%)
Total Divorced: 226 (10.14%)
Divorced Female: 151 (6.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (67.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,108 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 278 (13.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 694 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (11.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,565 (100%)
--With a disability: 158 (10.1%)
----Percent employed: 72.2%
--No disability: 1,407 (89.9%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 354 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (37.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,690 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,511 (56.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,179 (43.83%)
--Same county: 618 (22.97%)
--Different county: 561 (20.86%)
----Same state: 470 (17.47%)
----Different state: 91 (3.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,979 (100%)
Native: 2,952 (99.09%)
--Born in United States: 2,942 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,389 (80.19%)
----Different state: 553 (18.56%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 27 (0.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.91%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 13 (48.15%)
Asia: 14 (51.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,690 (100%)
English only: 2,621 (97.43%)
Language other than English: 69 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (1%)
--Spanish: 22 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,979 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,675% (89.8%)
Arab: 6 (0.2%)
Czech: 8 (0.27%)
Danish: 5 (0.17%)
Dutch: 50 (1.68%)
English: 374 (12.55%)
French (except Basque): 120 (4.03%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.1%)
German: 948 (31.82%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 271 (9.1%)
Italian: 114 (3.83%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (0.87%)
Polish: 48 (1.61%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (0.91%)
Scottish: 40 (1.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (0.13%)
Swiss: 74 (2.48%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 316 (10.61%)
Welsh: 23 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 207 (6.95%)

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