Corbin, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2117362, place: Corbin city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,743 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 118 (6.77%)
Kindergarten: 116 (6.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 783 (44.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 523 (30.01%)
College or graduate school: 203 (11.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,143 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 745 (14.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 721 (14.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,672 (32.51%)
Some college, no degree: 933 (18.14%)
Associate degree: 150 (2.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 518 (10.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 404 (7.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,236 (100%)
Never married: 1,078 (17.29%)
Now married, except separated: 3,566 (57.18%)
Separated: 171 (2.74%)
Total Widowed: 660 (10.58%)
Widowed Female: 572 (9.17%)
Total Divorced: 761 (12.2%)
Divorced Female: 506 (8.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 112 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 68 (60.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,864 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 959 (16.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,711 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (7.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,985 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,213 (30.44%)
----Percent employed: 31.3%
--No disability: 2,772 (69.56%)
----Percent employed: 76.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,231 (100%)
--With a disability: 706 (57.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,227 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,772 (52.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,367 (46.59%)
--Same county: 1,365 (18.89%)
--Different county: 2,002 (27.7%)
----Same state: 1,512 (20.92%)
----Different state: 490 (6.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 88 (1.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,708 (100%)
Native: 7,633 (99.03%)
--Born in United States: 7,617 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,875 (76.22%)
----Different state: 1,742 (22.6%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 75 (0.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 33 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.35%)
--Not a citizen: 48 (0.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 75 (100%)
Europe: 13 (17.33%)
Asia: 35 (46.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (36%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,227 (100%)
English only: 7,081 (97.98%)
Language other than English: 146 (2.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (1.12%)
--Spanish: 83 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.66%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 63 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,708 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,892% (76.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 27 (0.35%)
Danish: 9 (0.12%)
Dutch: 60 (0.78%)
English: 777 (10.08%)
French (except Basque): 87 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 523 (6.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 53 (0.69%)
Irish: 669 (8.68%)
Italian: 32 (0.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 24 (0.31%)
Polish: 30 (0.39%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 30 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 125 (1.62%)
Scottish: 131 (1.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (0.45%)
Swiss: 27 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,333 (30.27%)
Welsh: 28 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 889 (11.53%)

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