General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2127010, place: Ferguson city, Kentucky)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 226 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (7.08%)
Kindergarten: 4 (1.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 108 (47.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 59 (26.11%)
College or graduate school: 39 (17.26%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 543 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 98 (18.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 86 (15.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 204 (37.57%)
Some college, no degree: 92 (16.94%)
Associate degree: 29 (5.34%)
Bachelor's degree: 25 (4.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (1.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 716 (100%)
Never married: 162 (22.63%)
Now married, except separated: 429 (59.92%)
Separated: 8 (1.12%)
Total Widowed: 52 (7.26%)
Widowed Female: 46 (6.42%)
Total Divorced: 65 (9.08%)
Divorced Female: 37 (5.17%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 660 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 85 (12.88%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 217 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (17.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 522 (100%)
--With a disability: 161 (30.84%)
----Percent employed: 42.2%
--No disability: 361 (69.16%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 100 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (62%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 839 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 498 (59.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 328 (39.09%)
--Same county: 209 (24.91%)
--Different county: 119 (14.18%)
----Same state: 65 (7.75%)
----Different state: 54 (6.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (1.55%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 881 (100%)
Native: 873 (99.09%)
--Born in United States: 870 (100%)
----State of residence: 725 (82.29%)
----Different state: 145 (16.46%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.23%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.68%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 2 (25%)
Asia: 3 (37.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (37.5%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 839 (100%)
English only: 816 (97.26%)
Language other than English: 23 (2.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.95%)
--Spanish: 13 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 881 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 525% (59.59%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (0.91%)
English: 110 (12.49%)
French (except Basque): 14 (1.59%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 41 (4.65%)
Greek: 2 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 52 (5.9%)
Italian: 6 (0.68%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.57%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.23%)
Scottish: 13 (1.48%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 203 (23.04%)
Welsh: 4 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 63 (7.15%)
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