Salem, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1867464, place: Salem city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,173 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 102 (8.7%)
Kindergarten: 72 (6.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 491 (41.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 303 (25.83%)
College or graduate school: 205 (17.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,062 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 442 (10.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 773 (19.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,645 (40.5%)
Some college, no degree: 604 (14.87%)
Associate degree: 226 (5.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 214 (5.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 158 (3.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,925 (100%)
Never married: 1,026 (20.83%)
Now married, except separated: 2,636 (53.52%)
Separated: 61 (1.24%)
Total Widowed: 529 (10.74%)
Widowed Female: 465 (9.44%)
Total Divorced: 673 (13.66%)
Divorced Female: 399 (8.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 85 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (42.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,685 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 691 (14.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,122 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (9.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,095 (100%)
--With a disability: 770 (24.88%)
----Percent employed: 44.2%
--No disability: 2,325 (75.12%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,013 (100%)
--With a disability: 402 (39.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,547 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,938 (52.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,589 (46.67%)
--Same county: 1,764 (31.8%)
--Different county: 825 (14.87%)
----Same state: 423 (7.63%)
----Different state: 402 (7.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (0.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,953 (100%)
Native: 5,901 (99.13%)
--Born in United States: 5,870 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,279 (71.88%)
----Different state: 1,591 (26.73%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 52 (0.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 22 (0.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 30 (0.5%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (0.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 52 (100%)
Europe: 18 (34.62%)
Asia: 18 (34.62%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (13.46%)
Northern America: 9 (17.31%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,547 (100%)
English only: 5,441 (98.09%)
Language other than English: 106 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.16%)
--Spanish: 37 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 54 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,953 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,974% (66.76%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 15 (0.25%)
Dutch: 92 (1.55%)
English: 657 (11.04%)
French (except Basque): 57 (0.96%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 828 (13.91%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 512 (8.6%)
Italian: 89 (1.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.07%)
Polish: 29 (0.49%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 77 (1.29%)
Scottish: 90 (1.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (0.18%)
Swiss: 14 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,013 (17.02%)
Welsh: 4 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 476 (8%)

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