Petersburg, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1859364, place: Petersburg city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 474 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (6.96%)
Kindergarten: 39 (8.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 241 (50.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 97 (20.46%)
College or graduate school: 64 (13.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,847 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 295 (15.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 324 (17.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 733 (39.69%)
Some college, no degree: 265 (14.35%)
Associate degree: 93 (5.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 81 (4.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 56 (3.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,123 (100%)
Never married: 433 (20.4%)
Now married, except separated: 1,152 (54.26%)
Separated: 22 (1.04%)
Total Widowed: 255 (12.01%)
Widowed Female: 225 (10.6%)
Total Divorced: 261 (12.29%)
Divorced Female: 158 (7.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (78.26%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,028 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 295 (14.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 460 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (18.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,354 (100%)
--With a disability: 345 (25.48%)
----Percent employed: 53.9%
--No disability: 1,009 (74.52%)
----Percent employed: 70.6%
Population 65 years and over: 498 (100%)
--With a disability: 220 (44.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,419 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,390 (57.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,029 (42.54%)
--Same county: 627 (25.92%)
--Different county: 402 (16.62%)
----Same state: 337 (13.93%)
----Different state: 65 (2.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,556 (100%)
Native: 2,540 (99.37%)
--Born in United States: 2,535 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,168 (84.82%)
----Different state: 367 (14.36%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 16 (0.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.27%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 7 (43.75%)
Asia: 9 (56.25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,419 (100%)
English only: 2,388 (98.72%)
Language other than English: 31 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.33%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,556 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,658% (64.87%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.16%)
Danish: 9 (0.35%)
Dutch: 30 (1.17%)
English: 251 (9.82%)
French (except Basque): 58 (2.27%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 368 (14.4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 251 (9.82%)
Italian: 19 (0.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.16%)
Polish: 4 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (1.29%)
Scottish: 54 (2.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (0.59%)
Swiss: 3 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 416 (16.28%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 139 (5.44%)

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