West Harrison, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1882790, place: West Harrison town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 55 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (7.27%)
Kindergarten: 3 (5.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 32 (58.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9 (16.36%)
College or graduate school: 7 (12.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 159 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (13.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 36 (22.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 62 (38.99%)
Some college, no degree: 25 (15.72%)
Associate degree: 9 (5.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 6 (3.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 213 (100%)
Never married: 74 (34.74%)
Now married, except separated: 77 (36.15%)
Separated: 6 (2.82%)
Total Widowed: 17 (7.98%)
Widowed Female: 16 (7.51%)
Total Divorced: 39 (18.31%)
Divorced Female: 23 (10.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 197 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 16 (8.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 76 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (1.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 143 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (20.28%)
----Percent employed: 44.8%
--No disability: 114 (79.72%)
----Percent employed: 73.7%
Population 65 years and over: 28 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (60.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 247 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 95 (38.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 148 (59.92%)
--Same county: 41 (16.6%)
--Different county: 107 (43.32%)
----Same state: 34 (13.77%)
----Different state: 73 (29.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (1.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 272 (100%)
Native: 272 (100%)
--Born in United States: 272 (100%)
----State of residence: 68 (25%)
----Different state: 204 (75%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 247 (100%)
English only: 234 (94.74%)
Language other than English: 13 (5.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.62%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (4.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 272 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 204% (75%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.74%)
English: 21 (7.72%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.74%)
French Canadian: 5 (1.84%)
German: 77 (28.31%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 50 (18.38%)
Italian: 2 (0.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 1 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 9 (3.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 11 (4.04%)
Welsh: 1 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 22 (8.09%)

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