General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1876184, place: Topeka town, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 236 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (3.39%)
Kindergarten: 34 (14.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 155 (65.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 33 (13.98%)
College or graduate school: 6 (2.54%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 691 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 83 (12.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 161 (23.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 283 (40.96%)
Some college, no degree: 94 (13.6%)
Associate degree: 15 (2.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 26 (3.76%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (4.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 833 (100%)
Never married: 188 (22.57%)
Now married, except separated: 472 (56.66%)
Separated: 16 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 40 (4.8%)
Widowed Female: 32 (3.84%)
Total Divorced: 117 (14.05%)
Divorced Female: 63 (7.56%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (59.09%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 801 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 81 (10.11%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 282 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (9.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 639 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (18.78%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
--No disability: 519 (81.22%)
----Percent employed: 82.3%
Population 65 years and over: 119 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (29.41%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,040 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 553 (53.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 481 (46.25%)
--Same county: 225 (21.63%)
--Different county: 256 (24.62%)
----Same state: 178 (17.12%)
----Different state: 78 (7.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.58%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,160 (100%)
Native: 1,117 (96.29%)
--Born in United States: 1,108 (100%)
----State of residence: 839 (72.33%)
----Different state: 269 (23.19%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.78%)
Foreign born: 43 (3.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (1.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 34 (2.93%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 43 (100%)
Europe: 2 (4.65%)
Asia: 37 (86.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (9.3%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,040 (100%)
English only: 885 (85.1%)
Language other than English: 155 (14.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (8.17%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 116 (11.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (4.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.63%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,160 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,029% (88.71%)
Arab: 31 (2.67%)
Czech: 6 (0.52%)
Danish: 4 (0.34%)
Dutch: 35 (3.02%)
English: 78 (6.72%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.43%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 325 (28.02%)
Greek: 3 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 102 (8.79%)
Italian: 15 (1.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.95%)
Polish: 11 (0.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.34%)
Scottish: 6 (0.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.52%)
Swedish: 22 (1.9%)
Swiss: 44 (3.79%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 159 (13.71%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 162 (13.97%)
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