Ghent, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2130808, place: Ghent city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 77 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 4 (5.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 37 (48.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (41.56%)
College or graduate school: 4 (5.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 204 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 32 (15.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 41 (20.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 55 (26.96%)
Some college, no degree: 51 (25%)
Associate degree: 8 (3.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (5.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6 (2.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 262 (100%)
Never married: 73 (27.86%)
Now married, except separated: 150 (57.25%)
Separated: 3 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 11 (4.2%)
Widowed Female: 6 (2.29%)
Total Divorced: 25 (9.54%)
Divorced Female: 17 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 243 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (19.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 93 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (1.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 186 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (17.2%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 154 (82.8%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 33 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (48.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 312 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 165 (52.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 145 (46.47%)
--Same county: 70 (22.44%)
--Different county: 75 (24.04%)
----Same state: 41 (13.14%)
----Different state: 34 (10.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 335 (100%)
Native: 318 (94.93%)
--Born in United States: 315 (100%)
----State of residence: 201 (60%)
----Different state: 114 (34.03%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 17 (5.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (4.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (5.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 312 (100%)
English only: 293 (93.91%)
Language other than English: 19 (6.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (6.09%)
--Spanish: 17 (5.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (5.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 335 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 252% (75.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (0.9%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 18 (5.37%)
French (except Basque): 7 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 34 (10.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 29 (8.66%)
Italian: 9 (2.69%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (1.49%)
Scottish: 14 (4.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (5.07%)
Swedish: 4 (1.19%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 47 (14.03%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 65 (19.4%)

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