Straughn, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1873664, place: Straughn town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 87 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (9.2%)
Kindergarten: 8 (9.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 36 (41.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 28 (32.18%)
College or graduate school: 7 (8.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 171 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (8.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 28 (16.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 76 (44.44%)
Some college, no degree: 29 (16.96%)
Associate degree: 6 (3.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (5.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (4.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 221 (100%)
Never married: 64 (28.96%)
Now married, except separated: 135 (61.09%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 17 (7.69%)
Widowed Female: 16 (7.24%)
Total Divorced: 5 (2.26%)
Divorced Female: 2 (0.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 202 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 44 (21.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 81 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (9.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 149 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (9.4%)
----Percent employed: 21.4%
--No disability: 135 (90.6%)
----Percent employed: 84.4%
Population 65 years and over: 38 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (31.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 268 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 216 (80.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 51 (19.03%)
--Same county: 6 (2.24%)
--Different county: 45 (16.79%)
----Same state: 41 (15.3%)
----Different state: 4 (1.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 281 (100%)
Native: 280 (99.64%)
--Born in United States: 278 (100%)
----State of residence: 208 (74.02%)
----Different state: 70 (24.91%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 268 (100%)
English only: 265 (98.88%)
Language other than English: 3 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.37%)
--Spanish: 3 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 281 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 192% (68.33%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (4.98%)
English: 52 (18.51%)
French (except Basque): 6 (2.14%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 41 (14.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.36%)
Irish: 30 (10.68%)
Italian: 2 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (3.91%)
Scottish: 2 (0.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 30 (10.68%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3 (1.07%)

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