General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1881278, place: Waterloo town, Indiana)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 575 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (8.17%)
Kindergarten: 51 (8.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 304 (52.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 105 (18.26%)
College or graduate school: 68 (11.83%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,277 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 54 (4.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 184 (14.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 655 (51.29%)
Some college, no degree: 226 (17.7%)
Associate degree: 80 (6.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 56 (4.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (1.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,551 (100%)
Never married: 322 (20.76%)
Now married, except separated: 881 (56.8%)
Separated: 12 (0.77%)
Total Widowed: 106 (6.83%)
Widowed Female: 100 (6.45%)
Total Divorced: 230 (14.83%)
Divorced Female: 128 (8.25%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (39.53%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,457 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 152 (10.43%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 568 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (11.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,204 (100%)
--With a disability: 217 (18.02%)
----Percent employed: 67.7%
--No disability: 987 (81.98%)
----Percent employed: 84.9%
Population 65 years and over: 174 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (39.08%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,949 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,080 (55.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 861 (44.18%)
--Same county: 447 (22.93%)
--Different county: 414 (21.24%)
----Same state: 276 (14.16%)
----Different state: 138 (7.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.41%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,179 (100%)
Native: 2,149 (98.62%)
--Born in United States: 2,141 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,648 (75.63%)
----Different state: 493 (22.63%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 30 (1.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (1.01%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 7 (23.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 20 (66.67%)
Northern America: 3 (10%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,949 (100%)
English only: 1,892 (97.08%)
Language other than English: 57 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.87%)
--Spanish: 33 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,179 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,570% (72.05%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 60 (2.75%)
English: 150 (6.88%)
French (except Basque): 74 (3.4%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.09%)
German: 479 (21.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.09%)
Irish: 153 (7.02%)
Italian: 36 (1.65%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.09%)
Polish: 23 (1.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (1.01%)
Scottish: 20 (0.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.09%)
Swiss: 11 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 300 (13.77%)
Welsh: 4 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 230 (10.56%)
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