Rensselaer, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1863792, place: Rensselaer city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,106 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 87 (7.87%)
Kindergarten: 75 (6.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 560 (50.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 279 (25.23%)
College or graduate school: 105 (9.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,450 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 203 (5.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 501 (14.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,447 (41.94%)
Some college, no degree: 573 (16.61%)
Associate degree: 123 (3.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 358 (10.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 245 (7.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,162 (100%)
Never married: 913 (21.94%)
Now married, except separated: 2,252 (54.11%)
Separated: 49 (1.18%)
Total Widowed: 480 (11.53%)
Widowed Female: 426 (10.24%)
Total Divorced: 468 (11.24%)
Divorced Female: 280 (6.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 81 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (53.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,942 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 515 (13.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,087 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (8.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,683 (100%)
--With a disability: 514 (19.16%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 2,169 (80.84%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 889 (100%)
--With a disability: 417 (46.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,834 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,883 (59.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,876 (38.81%)
--Same county: 1,187 (24.56%)
--Different county: 689 (14.25%)
----Same state: 386 (7.99%)
----Different state: 303 (6.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 75 (1.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,233 (100%)
Native: 5,131 (98.05%)
--Born in United States: 5,083 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,018 (76.78%)
----Different state: 1,065 (20.35%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.92%)
Foreign born: 102 (1.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 59 (1.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 45 (0.86%)
--Not a citizen: 57 (1.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 102 (100%)
Europe: 23 (22.55%)
Asia: 20 (19.61%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 54 (52.94%)
Northern America: 5 (4.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,834 (100%)
English only: 4,617 (95.51%)
Language other than English: 217 (4.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 78 (1.61%)
--Spanish: 144 (2.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (1.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 55 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.37%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,233 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,884% (93.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 25 (0.48%)
Danish: 6 (0.11%)
Dutch: 251 (4.8%)
English: 611 (11.68%)
French (except Basque): 208 (3.97%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.36%)
German: 1,309 (25.01%)
Greek: 14 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.42%)
Irish: 622 (11.89%)
Italian: 163 (3.11%)
Lithuanian: 32 (0.61%)
Norwegian: 19 (0.36%)
Polish: 200 (3.82%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 62 (1.18%)
Scottish: 95 (1.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 131 (2.5%)
Swiss: 23 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.13%)
United States or American: 567 (10.84%)
Welsh: 62 (1.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 428 (8.18%)

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