Benham, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2105662, place: Benham city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 131 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (2.29%)
Kindergarten: 2 (1.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 70 (53.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 34 (25.95%)
College or graduate school: 22 (16.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 452 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 53 (11.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 78 (17.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 125 (27.65%)
Some college, no degree: 72 (15.93%)
Associate degree: 50 (11.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (6.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (9.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 503 (100%)
Never married: 73 (14.51%)
Now married, except separated: 308 (61.23%)
Separated: 5 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 85 (16.9%)
Widowed Female: 73 (14.51%)
Total Divorced: 32 (6.36%)
Divorced Female: 16 (3.18%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 477 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 57 (11.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 115 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (5.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 338 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (31.07%)
----Percent employed: 19%
--No disability: 233 (68.93%)
----Percent employed: 58.8%
Population 65 years and over: 123 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (56.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 576 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 413 (71.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 163 (28.3%)
--Same county: 112 (19.44%)
--Different county: 51 (8.85%)
----Same state: 19 (3.3%)
----Different state: 32 (5.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 600 (100%)
Native: 600 (100%)
--Born in United States: 598 (100%)
----State of residence: 471 (78.5%)
----Different state: 127 (21.17%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.33%)
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: 576 (100%)
English only: 574 (99.65%)
Language other than English: 2 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.35%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 600 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 486% (81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (2.5%)
English: 40 (6.67%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.33%)
German: 33 (5.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 15 (2.5%)
Irish: 42 (7%)
Italian: 4 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (2.17%)
Scottish: 14 (2.33%)
Slovak: 1 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.33%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 205 (34.17%)
Welsh: 10 (1.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 86 (14.33%)

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