General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1875626, place: Thorntown town, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 387 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (6.72%)
Kindergarten: 27 (6.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 225 (58.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 76 (19.64%)
College or graduate school: 33 (8.53%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,011 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39 (3.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 143 (14.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 511 (50.54%)
Some college, no degree: 195 (19.29%)
Associate degree: 58 (5.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 44 (4.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (2.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,176 (100%)
Never married: 204 (17.35%)
Now married, except separated: 702 (59.69%)
Separated: 18 (1.53%)
Total Widowed: 86 (7.31%)
Widowed Female: 72 (6.12%)
Total Divorced: 166 (14.12%)
Divorced Female: 85 (7.23%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (9.09%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,111 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 170 (15.3%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 387 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (7.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 864 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (19.68%)
----Percent employed: 68.8%
--No disability: 694 (80.32%)
----Percent employed: 88.8%
Population 65 years and over: 196 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (46.43%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,447 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 930 (64.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 515 (35.59%)
--Same county: 322 (22.25%)
--Different county: 193 (13.34%)
----Same state: 157 (10.85%)
----Different state: 36 (2.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.14%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,538 (100%)
Native: 1,531 (99.54%)
--Born in United States: 1,529 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,296 (84.27%)
----Different state: 233 (15.15%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.2%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.26%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 3 (42.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 4 (57.14%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,447 (100%)
English only: 1,425 (98.48%)
Language other than English: 22 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.21%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,538 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,166% (75.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.13%)
Danish: 6 (0.39%)
Dutch: 57 (3.71%)
English: 131 (8.52%)
French (except Basque): 32 (2.08%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.39%)
German: 262 (17.04%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 141 (9.17%)
Italian: 17 (1.11%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 47 (3.06%)
Scottish: 31 (2.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (0.52%)
Swiss: 15 (0.98%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 273 (17.75%)
Welsh: 4 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 129 (8.39%)
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