General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2128270, place: Fordsville city, Kentucky)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 114 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (6.14%)
Kindergarten: 7 (6.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 66 (57.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 26 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 8 (7.02%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 346 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 113 (32.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 61 (17.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 99 (28.61%)
Some college, no degree: 49 (14.16%)
Associate degree: 10 (2.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (3.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3 (0.87%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 49.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 418 (100%)
Never married: 83 (19.86%)
Now married, except separated: 191 (45.69%)
Separated: 18 (4.31%)
Total Widowed: 85 (20.33%)
Widowed Female: 78 (18.66%)
Total Divorced: 41 (9.81%)
Divorced Female: 20 (4.78%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (66.67%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 388 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 34 (8.76%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 124 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (8.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 204 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (14.22%)
----Percent employed: 31%
--No disability: 175 (85.78%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
Population 65 years and over: 91 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (62.64%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 490 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 247 (50.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 243 (49.59%)
--Same county: 124 (25.31%)
--Different county: 119 (24.29%)
----Same state: 110 (22.45%)
----Different state: 9 (1.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 509 (100%)
Native: 505 (99.21%)
--Born in United States: 505 (100%)
----State of residence: 436 (85.66%)
----Different state: 69 (13.56%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.79%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 4 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 490 (100%)
English only: 481 (98.16%)
Language other than English: 9 (1.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.82%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 509 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 267% (52.46%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (0.59%)
English: 33 (6.48%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 19 (3.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 11 (2.16%)
Italian: 1 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 3 (0.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 169 (33.2%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 28 (5.5%)
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