Benton, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2105824, place: Benton city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 875 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (6.63%)
Kindergarten: 15 (1.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 451 (51.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 203 (23.2%)
College or graduate school: 148 (16.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,966 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 369 (12.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 411 (13.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,025 (34.56%)
Some college, no degree: 519 (17.5%)
Associate degree: 94 (3.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 247 (8.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 301 (10.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,517 (100%)
Never married: 552 (15.7%)
Now married, except separated: 2,088 (59.37%)
Separated: 60 (1.71%)
Total Widowed: 513 (14.59%)
Widowed Female: 474 (13.48%)
Total Divorced: 304 (8.64%)
Divorced Female: 171 (4.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (21.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,378 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 485 (14.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 810 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (4.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,899 (100%)
--With a disability: 458 (24.12%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
--No disability: 1,441 (75.88%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
Population 65 years and over: 951 (100%)
--With a disability: 422 (44.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,982 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,439 (61.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,521 (38.2%)
--Same county: 791 (19.86%)
--Different county: 730 (18.33%)
----Same state: 523 (13.13%)
----Different state: 207 (5.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22 (0.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,207 (100%)
Native: 4,150 (98.65%)
--Born in United States: 4,118 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,041 (72.28%)
----Different state: 1,077 (25.6%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 57 (1.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 42 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22 (0.52%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 57 (100%)
Europe: 6 (10.53%)
Asia: 7 (12.28%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 44 (77.19%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,982 (100%)
English only: 3,909 (98.17%)
Language other than English: 73 (1.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (1.46%)
--Spanish: 66 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (1.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,207 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,926% (69.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 22 (0.52%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 69 (1.64%)
English: 442 (10.51%)
French (except Basque): 90 (2.14%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.43%)
German: 343 (8.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 459 (10.91%)
Italian: 28 (0.67%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.21%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 139 (3.3%)
Scottish: 67 (1.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (0.83%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 855 (20.32%)
Welsh: 38 (0.9%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 288 (6.85%)

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