Seymour, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1868832, place: Seymour city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,907 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 295 (7.55%)
Kindergarten: 259 (6.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,958 (50.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 864 (22.11%)
College or graduate school: 531 (13.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,599 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 854 (7.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,705 (14.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,064 (43.66%)
Some college, no degree: 2,065 (17.8%)
Associate degree: 515 (4.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 866 (7.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 530 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,143 (100%)
Never married: 2,961 (20.94%)
Now married, except separated: 8,016 (56.68%)
Separated: 153 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 1,098 (7.76%)
Widowed Female: 943 (6.67%)
Total Divorced: 1,915 (13.54%)
Divorced Female: 1,055 (7.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 443 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 252 (56.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,464 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,536 (11.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,856 (100%)
--With a disability: 375 (9.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,209 (21.51%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 8,063 (78.49%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,174 (100%)
--With a disability: 946 (43.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,622 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,087 (48.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,095 (48.7%)
--Same county: 4,875 (29.33%)
--Different county: 3,220 (19.37%)
----Same state: 2,003 (12.05%)
----Different state: 1,217 (7.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 440 (2.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,008 (100%)
Native: 17,211 (95.57%)
--Born in United States: 17,125 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,595 (75.49%)
----Different state: 3,530 (19.6%)
--Born outside United States: 86 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 797 (4.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 656 (3.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 175 (0.97%)
--Not a citizen: 622 (3.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 797 (100%)
Europe: 89 (11.17%)
Asia: 188 (23.59%)
Africa: 22 (2.76%)
Oceania: 7 (0.88%)
Latin America: 446 (55.96%)
Northern America: 45 (5.65%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,622 (100%)
English only: 15,462 (93.02%)
Language other than English: 1,160 (6.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 646 (3.89%)
--Spanish: 701 (4.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 485 (2.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 228 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 188 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 131 (0.79%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,008 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,951% (83.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 43 (0.24%)
Danish: 18 (0.1%)
Dutch: 402 (2.23%)
English: 1,134 (6.3%)
French (except Basque): 527 (2.93%)
French Canadian: 48 (0.27%)
German: 4,300 (23.88%)
Greek: 53 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.12%)
Irish: 1,613 (8.96%)
Italian: 265 (1.47%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 104 (0.58%)
Polish: 137 (0.76%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 227 (1.26%)
Scottish: 178 (0.99%)
Slovak: 64 (0.36%)
Subsaharan African: 15 (0.08%)
Swedish: 17 (0.09%)
Swiss: 11 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 3,612 (20.06%)
Welsh: 46 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,098 (11.65%)

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