Sweetser, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1874546, place: Sweetser town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 210 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (3.81%)
Kindergarten: 6 (2.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 105 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (30.48%)
College or graduate school: 27 (12.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 608 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (2.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 80 (13.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 257 (42.27%)
Some college, no degree: 144 (23.68%)
Associate degree: 30 (4.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 48 (7.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 32 (5.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 725 (100%)
Never married: 134 (18.48%)
Now married, except separated: 451 (62.21%)
Separated: 4 (0.55%)
Total Widowed: 62 (8.55%)
Widowed Female: 51 (7.03%)
Total Divorced: 74 (10.21%)
Divorced Female: 56 (7.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (45.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 684 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 107 (15.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 207 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (6.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 462 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (16.23%)
----Percent employed: 42.7%
--No disability: 387 (83.77%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 176 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (27.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 845 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 531 (62.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 314 (37.16%)
--Same county: 208 (24.62%)
--Different county: 106 (12.54%)
----Same state: 74 (8.76%)
----Different state: 32 (3.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 901 (100%)
Native: 900 (99.89%)
--Born in United States: 900 (100%)
----State of residence: 686 (76.14%)
----Different state: 214 (23.75%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1 (0.11%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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: 845 (100%)
English only: 822 (97.28%)
Language other than English: 23 (2.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.59%)
--Spanish: 19 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 901 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 727% (80.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.22%)
Danish: 6 (0.67%)
Dutch: 12 (1.33%)
English: 120 (13.32%)
French (except Basque): 13 (1.44%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 200 (22.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 113 (12.54%)
Italian: 14 (1.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.89%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.11%)
Scottish: 33 (3.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.22%)
Swiss: 2 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 96 (10.65%)
Welsh: 11 (1.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 85 (9.43%)

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