Ridgeville, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1864422, place: Ridgeville town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 161 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (1.86%)
Kindergarten: 20 (12.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 86 (53.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 36 (22.36%)
College or graduate school: 16 (9.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 526 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 52 (9.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 105 (19.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 254 (48.29%)
Some college, no degree: 63 (11.98%)
Associate degree: 25 (4.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 19 (3.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (1.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 634 (100%)
Never married: 114 (17.98%)
Now married, except separated: 389 (61.36%)
Separated: 8 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 42 (6.62%)
Widowed Female: 34 (5.36%)
Total Divorced: 81 (12.78%)
Divorced Female: 47 (7.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 600 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 70 (11.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 183 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (4.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 491 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (19.76%)
----Percent employed: 53.6%
--No disability: 394 (80.24%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 87 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (44.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 761 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 447 (58.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 306 (40.21%)
--Same county: 189 (24.84%)
--Different county: 117 (15.37%)
----Same state: 80 (10.51%)
----Different state: 37 (4.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (1.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 825 (100%)
Native: 815 (98.79%)
--Born in United States: 813 (100%)
----State of residence: 673 (81.58%)
----Different state: 140 (16.97%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.24%)
Foreign born: 10 (1.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (1.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10 (100%)
Europe: 2 (20%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (80%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 761 (100%)
English only: 748 (98.29%)
Language other than English: 13 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.39%)
--Spanish: 11 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 825 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 529% (64.12%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 27 (3.27%)
English: 83 (10.06%)
French (except Basque): 12 (1.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 122 (14.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 65 (7.88%)
Italian: 16 (1.94%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.48%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 15 (1.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 108 (13.09%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 75 (9.09%)

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