Westfield, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1882700, place: Westfield town, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,276 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 173 (7.6%)
Kindergarten: 264 (11.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,212 (53.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 354 (15.55%)
College or graduate school: 273 (11.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,464 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 154 (2.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 366 (6.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,610 (29.47%)
Some college, no degree: 989 (18.1%)
Associate degree: 398 (7.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,356 (24.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 591 (10.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,388 (100%)
Never married: 1,298 (20.32%)
Now married, except separated: 3,883 (60.79%)
Separated: 65 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 331 (5.18%)
Widowed Female: 274 (4.29%)
Total Divorced: 811 (12.7%)
Divorced Female: 533 (8.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (21.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,096 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 553 (9.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,120 (100%)
--With a disability: 207 (9.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,241 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,500 (28.62%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
--No disability: 3,741 (71.38%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 600 (100%)
--With a disability: 379 (63.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,018 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,998 (37.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,895 (61.05%)
--Same county: 2,092 (26.09%)
--Different county: 2,803 (34.96%)
----Same state: 1,771 (22.09%)
----Different state: 1,032 (12.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 125 (1.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,004 (100%)
Native: 8,672 (96.31%)
--Born in United States: 8,600 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,862 (65.1%)
----Different state: 2,738 (30.41%)
--Born outside United States: 72 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 332 (3.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 163 (1.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 116 (1.29%)
--Not a citizen: 216 (2.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 332 (100%)
Europe: 51 (15.36%)
Asia: 135 (40.66%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 146 (43.98%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,018 (100%)
English only: 7,520 (93.79%)
Language other than English: 498 (6.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (1.71%)
--Spanish: 248 (3.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 114 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 86 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,004 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,195% (102.12%)
Arab: 16 (0.18%)
Czech: 8 (0.09%)
Danish: 27 (0.3%)
Dutch: 153 (1.7%)
English: 1,249 (13.87%)
French (except Basque): 280 (3.11%)
French Canadian: 29 (0.32%)
German: 2,620 (29.1%)
Greek: 45 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.16%)
Irish: 1,363 (15.14%)
Italian: 193 (2.14%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 95 (1.06%)
Polish: 218 (2.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 208 (2.31%)
Scottish: 242 (2.69%)
Slovak: 23 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 77 (0.86%)
Swedish: 87 (0.97%)
Swiss: 8 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 783 (8.7%)
Welsh: 130 (1.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,317 (14.63%)

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