Vincennes, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1879208, place: Vincennes city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,869 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 217 (3.7%)
Kindergarten: 207 (3.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,628 (27.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 857 (14.6%)
College or graduate school: 2,960 (50.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,939 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 625 (5.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,564 (14.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,820 (34.92%)
Some college, no degree: 1,915 (17.51%)
Associate degree: 1,350 (12.34%)
Bachelor's degree: 843 (7.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 822 (7.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,530 (100%)
Never married: 5,341 (34.39%)
Now married, except separated: 6,784 (43.68%)
Separated: 163 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 1,393 (8.97%)
Widowed Female: 1,139 (7.33%)
Total Divorced: 1,849 (11.91%)
Divorced Female: 1,091 (7.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 251 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 149 (59.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,816 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,896 (12.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,185 (100%)
--With a disability: 696 (13.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,501 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,300 (24.21%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 7,201 (75.79%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,627 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,265 (48.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,486 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,272 (47.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,977 (51.34%)
--Same county: 4,549 (26.02%)
--Different county: 4,428 (25.32%)
----Same state: 3,170 (18.13%)
----Different state: 1,258 (7.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 237 (1.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,578 (100%)
Native: 18,320 (98.61%)
--Born in United States: 18,221 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,072 (75.75%)
----Different state: 4,149 (22.33%)
--Born outside United States: 99 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 258 (1.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 161 (0.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 82 (0.44%)
--Not a citizen: 176 (0.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 258 (100%)
Europe: 39 (15.12%)
Asia: 127 (49.22%)
Africa: 16 (6.2%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 76 (29.46%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,486 (100%)
English only: 16,858 (96.41%)
Language other than English: 628 (3.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 282 (1.61%)
--Spanish: 279 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (0.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 169 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 135 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.54%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,578 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,210% (76.49%)
Arab: 27 (0.15%)
Czech: 31 (0.17%)
Danish: 10 (0.05%)
Dutch: 234 (1.26%)
English: 1,551 (8.35%)
French (except Basque): 773 (4.16%)
French Canadian: 101 (0.54%)
German: 3,688 (19.85%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,630 (8.77%)
Italian: 190 (1.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.09%)
Polish: 156 (0.84%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 241 (1.3%)
Scottish: 263 (1.42%)
Slovak: 8 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.11%)
Swedish: 32 (0.17%)
Swiss: 13 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.05%)
United States or American: 3,242 (17.45%)
Welsh: 52 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,914 (10.3%)

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