Walkerton, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1879694, place: Walkerton town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 668 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (4.34%)
Kindergarten: 57 (8.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 345 (51.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 157 (23.5%)
College or graduate school: 80 (11.98%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,438 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 147 (10.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 213 (14.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 500 (34.77%)
Some college, no degree: 269 (18.71%)
Associate degree: 95 (6.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 123 (8.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 91 (6.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,776 (100%)
Never married: 429 (24.16%)
Now married, except separated: 943 (53.1%)
Separated: 13 (0.73%)
Total Widowed: 147 (8.28%)
Widowed Female: 128 (7.21%)
Total Divorced: 244 (13.74%)
Divorced Female: 150 (8.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (58.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,629 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 269 (16.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 620 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (8.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,191 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (13.01%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
--No disability: 1,036 (86.99%)
----Percent employed: 85.6%
Population 65 years and over: 270 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (56.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,189 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,308 (59.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 870 (39.74%)
--Same county: 376 (17.18%)
--Different county: 494 (22.57%)
----Same state: 279 (12.75%)
----Different state: 215 (9.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,317 (100%)
Native: 2,263 (97.67%)
--Born in United States: 2,203 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,730 (74.67%)
----Different state: 473 (20.41%)
--Born outside United States: 60 (2.59%)
Foreign born: 54 (2.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 40 (1.73%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 54 (100%)
Europe: 4 (7.41%)
Asia: 9 (16.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (75.93%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,189 (100%)
English only: 2,023 (92.42%)
Language other than English: 166 (7.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (2.33%)
--Spanish: 131 (5.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (2.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,317 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,231% (96.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 36 (1.55%)
Danish: 9 (0.39%)
Dutch: 98 (4.23%)
English: 180 (7.77%)
French (except Basque): 90 (3.88%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.91%)
German: 614 (26.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 34 (1.47%)
Irish: 413 (17.82%)
Italian: 75 (3.24%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.56%)
Polish: 103 (4.45%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.82%)
Scottish: 43 (1.86%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 25 (1.08%)
Swiss: 12 (0.52%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 176 (7.6%)
Welsh: 15 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 255 (11.01%)

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