West Terre Haute, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1883384, place: West Terre Haute town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 612 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (5.56%)
Kindergarten: 37 (6.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 350 (57.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 123 (20.1%)
College or graduate school: 68 (11.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,421 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 158 (11.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 358 (25.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 571 (40.18%)
Some college, no degree: 197 (13.86%)
Associate degree: 65 (4.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (3.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 26 (1.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,758 (100%)
Never married: 418 (23.78%)
Now married, except separated: 899 (51.14%)
Separated: 25 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 174 (9.9%)
Widowed Female: 142 (8.08%)
Total Divorced: 242 (13.77%)
Divorced Female: 148 (8.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,646 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 208 (12.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 644 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (14.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,247 (100%)
--With a disability: 310 (24.86%)
----Percent employed: 44.5%
--No disability: 937 (75.14%)
----Percent employed: 71.2%
Population 65 years and over: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (55.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,170 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,313 (60.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 846 (38.99%)
--Same county: 671 (30.92%)
--Different county: 175 (8.06%)
----Same state: 101 (4.65%)
----Different state: 74 (3.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,333 (100%)
Native: 2,324 (99.61%)
--Born in United States: 2,324 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,996 (85.56%)
----Different state: 328 (14.06%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 4 (44.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (55.56%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,170 (100%)
English only: 2,123 (97.83%)
Language other than English: 47 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.52%)
--Spanish: 35 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,333 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,626% (69.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 77 (3.3%)
English: 110 (4.71%)
French (except Basque): 72 (3.09%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 242 (10.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.17%)
Irish: 227 (9.73%)
Italian: 24 (1.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 27 (1.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (0.94%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.39%)
Scottish: 39 (1.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (0.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 457 (19.59%)
Welsh: 19 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 293 (12.56%)

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