Wabash, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1879370, place: Wabash city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,638 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 207 (7.85%)
Kindergarten: 178 (6.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,191 (45.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 749 (28.39%)
College or graduate school: 313 (11.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,778 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 497 (6.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,199 (15.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,427 (44.06%)
Some college, no degree: 1,396 (17.95%)
Associate degree: 397 (5.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 521 (6.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 341 (4.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,432 (100%)
Never married: 2,173 (23.04%)
Now married, except separated: 4,957 (52.56%)
Separated: 161 (1.71%)
Total Widowed: 900 (9.54%)
Widowed Female: 779 (8.26%)
Total Divorced: 1,241 (13.16%)
Divorced Female: 746 (7.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 235 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 105 (44.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,878 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,396 (15.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 219 (8.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,288 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,756 (27.93%)
----Percent employed: 59.1%
--No disability: 4,532 (72.07%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,783 (100%)
--With a disability: 840 (47.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,966 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,809 (52.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,153 (46.99%)
--Same county: 3,550 (32.37%)
--Different county: 1,603 (14.62%)
----Same state: 941 (8.58%)
----Different state: 662 (6.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,733 (100%)
Native: 11,597 (98.84%)
--Born in United States: 11,537 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,847 (75.4%)
----Different state: 2,690 (22.93%)
--Born outside United States: 60 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 136 (1.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 36 (0.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 97 (0.83%)
--Not a citizen: 39 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 136 (100%)
Europe: 37 (27.21%)
Asia: 91 (66.91%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (5.88%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,966 (100%)
English only: 10,713 (97.69%)
Language other than English: 253 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 75 (0.68%)
--Spanish: 87 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 137 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,733 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,267% (78.98%)
Arab: 8 (0.07%)
Czech: 21 (0.18%)
Danish: 31 (0.26%)
Dutch: 293 (2.5%)
English: 1,419 (12.09%)
French (except Basque): 324 (2.76%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.13%)
German: 2,678 (22.82%)
Greek: 61 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.09%)
Irish: 1,227 (10.46%)
Italian: 121 (1.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.14%)
Polish: 95 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 71 (0.61%)
Scottish: 162 (1.38%)
Slovak: 43 (0.37%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.12%)
Swedish: 34 (0.29%)
Swiss: 55 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,450 (12.36%)
Welsh: 33 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,084 (9.24%)

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