General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1865556, place: Rocky Ripple town, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 137 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (7.3%)
Kindergarten: 8 (5.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 46 (33.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 52 (37.96%)
College or graduate school: 21 (15.33%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 501 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 29 (5.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 58 (11.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 124 (24.75%)
Some college, no degree: 92 (18.36%)
Associate degree: 37 (7.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 99 (19.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 62 (12.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 589 (100%)
Never married: 171 (29.03%)
Now married, except separated: 299 (50.76%)
Separated: 11 (1.87%)
Total Widowed: 41 (6.96%)
Widowed Female: 34 (5.77%)
Total Divorced: 67 (11.38%)
Divorced Female: 37 (6.28%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (31.25%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 550 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 58 (10.55%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 115 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (10.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 413 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (12.11%)
----Percent employed: 66%
--No disability: 363 (87.89%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 121 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (38.02%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 649 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 425 (65.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 222 (34.21%)
--Same county: 131 (20.18%)
--Different county: 91 (14.02%)
----Same state: 72 (11.09%)
----Different state: 19 (2.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.31%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 704 (100%)
Native: 687 (97.59%)
--Born in United States: 682 (100%)
----State of residence: 506 (71.88%)
----Different state: 176 (25%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 17 (2.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.71%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (1.7%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 8 (47.06%)
Asia: 2 (11.76%)
Africa: 1 (5.88%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (35.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 649 (100%)
English only: 607 (93.53%)
Language other than English: 42 (6.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (2.47%)
--Spanish: 21 (3.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 20 (3.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 704 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 841% (119.46%)
Arab: 2 (0.28%)
Czech: 3 (0.43%)
Danish: 12 (1.7%)
Dutch: 4 (0.57%)
English: 94 (13.35%)
French (except Basque): 41 (5.82%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 205 (29.12%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.28%)
Irish: 121 (17.19%)
Italian: 38 (5.4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.57%)
Polish: 27 (3.84%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 38 (5.4%)
Scottish: 26 (3.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.57%)
Swedish: 1 (0.14%)
Swiss: 4 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.57%)
United States or American: 61 (8.66%)
Welsh: 4 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 140 (19.89%)
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