Peru, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1859328, place: Peru city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,053 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 215 (7.04%)
Kindergarten: 235 (7.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,568 (51.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 704 (23.06%)
College or graduate school: 331 (10.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,406 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 706 (8.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,167 (13.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,872 (46.06%)
Some college, no degree: 1,585 (18.86%)
Associate degree: 354 (4.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 452 (5.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 270 (3.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,045 (100%)
Never married: 2,154 (21.44%)
Now married, except separated: 5,200 (51.77%)
Separated: 206 (2.05%)
Total Widowed: 1,038 (10.33%)
Widowed Female: 872 (8.68%)
Total Divorced: 1,447 (14.41%)
Divorced Female: 798 (7.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 221 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 53 (23.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,465 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,667 (17.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,915 (100%)
--With a disability: 255 (8.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,883 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,540 (22.37%)
----Percent employed: 52.7%
--No disability: 5,343 (77.63%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,889 (100%)
--With a disability: 867 (45.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,969 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,708 (56.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,221 (43.62%)
--Same county: 3,620 (30.24%)
--Different county: 1,601 (13.38%)
----Same state: 864 (7.22%)
----Different state: 737 (6.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,862 (100%)
Native: 12,710 (98.82%)
--Born in United States: 12,624 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,437 (73.37%)
----Different state: 3,187 (24.78%)
--Born outside United States: 86 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 152 (1.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 57 (0.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 98 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 54 (0.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 152 (100%)
Europe: 77 (50.66%)
Asia: 5 (3.29%)
Africa: 6 (3.95%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 59 (38.82%)
Northern America: 5 (3.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,969 (100%)
English only: 11,551 (96.51%)
Language other than English: 418 (3.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (0.88%)
--Spanish: 279 (2.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 89 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,862 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,247% (79.67%)
Arab: 6 (0.05%)
Czech: 19 (0.15%)
Danish: 14 (0.11%)
Dutch: 326 (2.53%)
English: 999 (7.77%)
French (except Basque): 313 (2.43%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.18%)
German: 2,688 (20.9%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.2%)
Irish: 1,514 (11.77%)
Italian: 297 (2.31%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 55 (0.43%)
Polish: 237 (1.84%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.04%)
Russian: 10 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 177 (1.38%)
Scottish: 177 (1.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.18%)
Swedish: 13 (0.1%)
Swiss: 17 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,693 (13.16%)
Welsh: 75 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 16 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 1,495 (11.62%)

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