Bedford, KY

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2104816, place: Bedford city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 173 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (5.2%)
Kindergarten: 19 (10.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 88 (50.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 45 (26.01%)
College or graduate school: 12 (6.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 409 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (7.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 93 (22.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 144 (35.21%)
Some college, no degree: 95 (23.23%)
Associate degree: 10 (2.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 9 (2.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (6.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 488 (100%)
Never married: 124 (25.41%)
Now married, except separated: 219 (44.88%)
Separated: 15 (3.07%)
Total Widowed: 42 (8.61%)
Widowed Female: 37 (7.58%)
Total Divorced: 88 (18.03%)
Divorced Female: 55 (11.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (76.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 465 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 59 (12.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 172 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (10.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 350 (100%)
--With a disability: 136 (38.86%)
----Percent employed: 52.9%
--No disability: 214 (61.14%)
----Percent employed: 88.8%
Population 65 years and over: 84 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (55.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 606 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 295 (48.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 307 (50.66%)
--Same county: 160 (26.4%)
--Different county: 147 (24.26%)
----Same state: 89 (14.69%)
----Different state: 58 (9.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 657 (100%)
Native: 653 (99.39%)
--Born in United States: 650 (100%)
----State of residence: 436 (66.36%)
----Different state: 214 (32.57%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.61%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 606 (100%)
English only: 594 (98.02%)
Language other than English: 12 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 7 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.66%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 657 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 479% (72.91%)
Arab: 2 (0.3%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (1.22%)
English: 102 (15.53%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 45 (6.85%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 69 (10.5%)
Italian: 1 (0.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 1 (0.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (1.22%)
Scottish: 6 (0.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 176 (26.79%)
Welsh: 8 (1.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 51 (7.76%)

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