Plainfield, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1860246, place: Plainfield town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,798 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 191 (3.98%)
Kindergarten: 282 (5.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,222 (46.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,384 (28.85%)
College or graduate school: 719 (14.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,005 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 444 (3.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,510 (12.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,601 (38.33%)
Some college, no degree: 2,412 (20.09%)
Associate degree: 858 (7.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,477 (12.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 703 (5.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,001 (100%)
Never married: 3,366 (22.44%)
Now married, except separated: 8,535 (56.9%)
Separated: 237 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 939 (6.26%)
Widowed Female: 730 (4.87%)
Total Divorced: 1,924 (12.83%)
Divorced Female: 1,118 (7.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 134 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 66 (49.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,722 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,340 (17.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,202 (100%)
--With a disability: 250 (5.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,887 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,846 (18.67%)
----Percent employed: 78%
--No disability: 8,041 (81.33%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,159 (100%)
--With a disability: 749 (34.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,714 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,819 (49.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,605 (48.58%)
--Same county: 3,163 (17.86%)
--Different county: 5,442 (30.72%)
----Same state: 3,782 (21.35%)
----Different state: 1,660 (9.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 290 (1.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,883 (100%)
Native: 18,596 (98.48%)
--Born in United States: 18,478 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,928 (73.76%)
----Different state: 4,550 (24.1%)
--Born outside United States: 118 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 287 (1.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 160 (0.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 112 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 175 (0.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 287 (100%)
Europe: 77 (26.83%)
Asia: 60 (20.91%)
Africa: 14 (4.88%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 78 (27.18%)
Northern America: 58 (20.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,714 (100%)
English only: 17,159 (96.87%)
Language other than English: 555 (3.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 198 (1.12%)
--Spanish: 297 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (0.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 183 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 70 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,883 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,463% (92.48%)
Arab: 14 (0.07%)
Czech: 15 (0.08%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 576 (3.05%)
English: 2,238 (11.85%)
French (except Basque): 430 (2.28%)
French Canadian: 56 (0.3%)
German: 4,474 (23.69%)
Greek: 57 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 64 (0.34%)
Irish: 2,259 (11.96%)
Italian: 252 (1.33%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 85 (0.45%)
Polish: 404 (2.14%)
Portuguese: 30 (0.16%)
Russian: 21 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 253 (1.34%)
Scottish: 368 (1.95%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 58 (0.31%)
Swedish: 51 (0.27%)
Swiss: 37 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.04%)
United States or American: 3,248 (17.2%)
Welsh: 135 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,323 (12.3%)

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