Beaver Dam, KY

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2104654, place: Beaver Dam city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 642 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (5.61%)
Kindergarten: 65 (10.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 263 (40.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 187 (29.13%)
College or graduate school: 91 (14.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,975 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 284 (14.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 312 (15.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 792 (40.1%)
Some college, no degree: 285 (14.43%)
Associate degree: 88 (4.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 119 (6.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 95 (4.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,438 (100%)
Never married: 485 (19.89%)
Now married, except separated: 1,356 (55.62%)
Separated: 39 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 268 (10.99%)
Widowed Female: 217 (8.9%)
Total Divorced: 290 (11.89%)
Divorced Female: 173 (7.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 62 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (58.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,296 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 289 (12.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 629 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (11.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,627 (100%)
--With a disability: 552 (33.93%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 1,075 (66.07%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 543 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (53.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,799 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,418 (50.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,335 (47.7%)
--Same county: 962 (34.37%)
--Different county: 373 (13.33%)
----Same state: 183 (6.54%)
----Different state: 190 (6.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 46 (1.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,027 (100%)
Native: 2,936 (96.99%)
--Born in United States: 2,934 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,417 (79.85%)
----Different state: 517 (17.08%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.07%)
Foreign born: 91 (3.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (2.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 73 (2.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 91 (100%)
Europe: 30 (32.97%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 61 (67.03%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,799 (100%)
English only: 2,678 (95.68%)
Language other than English: 121 (4.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (2.36%)
--Spanish: 68 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,027 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,963% (64.85%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 47 (1.55%)
English: 206 (6.81%)
French (except Basque): 29 (0.96%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.2%)
German: 158 (5.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 246 (8.13%)
Italian: 25 (0.83%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 15 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (1.32%)
Scottish: 43 (1.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 743 (24.55%)
Welsh: 7 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 391 (12.92%)

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