Covington, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2117848, place: Covington city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,299 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 762 (7.4%)
Kindergarten: 716 (6.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,130 (49.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,100 (20.39%)
College or graduate school: 1,591 (15.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 27,804 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,850 (10.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,141 (18.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,651 (34.71%)
Some college, no degree: 5,416 (19.48%)
Associate degree: 1,035 (3.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,531 (9.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,180 (4.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 33,746 (100%)
Never married: 10,996 (32.58%)
Now married, except separated: 13,478 (39.94%)
Separated: 862 (2.55%)
Total Widowed: 3,008 (8.91%)
Widowed Female: 2,589 (7.67%)
Total Divorced: 5,402 (16.01%)
Divorced Female: 2,779 (8.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,149 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 560 (48.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 32,068 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,303 (13.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,442 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,080 (11.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,109 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,529 (26%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 18,580 (74%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 4,672 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,471 (52.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 40,050 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,251 (50.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,479 (48.64%)
--Same county: 10,411 (26%)
--Different county: 9,068 (22.64%)
----Same state: 4,048 (10.11%)
----Different state: 5,020 (12.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 320 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 43,348 (100%)
Native: 42,699 (98.5%)
--Born in United States: 42,494 (100%)
----State of residence: 29,269 (67.52%)
----Different state: 13,225 (30.51%)
--Born outside United States: 205 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 649 (1.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 322 (0.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 280 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 369 (0.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 649 (100%)
Europe: 179 (27.58%)
Asia: 188 (28.97%)
Africa: 1 (0.15%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 262 (40.37%)
Northern America: 19 (2.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 40,050 (100%)
English only: 38,452 (96.01%)
Language other than English: 1,598 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 591 (1.48%)
--Spanish: 771 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 343 (0.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 626 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 207 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 141 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 43,348 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 38,445% (88.69%)
Arab: 34 (0.08%)
Czech: 120 (0.28%)
Danish: 32 (0.07%)
Dutch: 642 (1.48%)
English: 3,468 (8%)
French (except Basque): 832 (1.92%)
French Canadian: 69 (0.16%)
German: 10,512 (24.25%)
Greek: 107 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 92 (0.21%)
Irish: 6,291 (14.51%)
Italian: 871 (2.01%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 121 (0.28%)
Polish: 258 (0.6%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.01%)
Russian: 67 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 614 (1.42%)
Scottish: 440 (1.02%)
Slovak: 77 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 103 (0.24%)
Swedish: 69 (0.16%)
Swiss: 151 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.04%)
United States or American: 5,171 (11.93%)
Welsh: 249 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 8,018 (18.5%)

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