Independence, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2139142, place: Independence city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,826 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 270 (7.06%)
Kindergarten: 228 (5.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,862 (48.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 815 (21.3%)
College or graduate school: 651 (17.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,244 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 446 (4.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 929 (10.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,565 (38.57%)
Some college, no degree: 2,137 (23.12%)
Associate degree: 436 (4.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,314 (14.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 417 (4.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,344 (100%)
Never married: 2,525 (22.26%)
Now married, except separated: 6,826 (60.17%)
Separated: 152 (1.34%)
Total Widowed: 453 (3.99%)
Widowed Female: 308 (2.72%)
Total Divorced: 1,388 (12.24%)
Divorced Female: 749 (6.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 293 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 113 (38.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,673 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,505 (14.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,467 (100%)
--With a disability: 216 (6.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,137 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,662 (18.19%)
----Percent employed: 62.1%
--No disability: 7,475 (81.81%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,008 (100%)
--With a disability: 404 (40.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,612 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,757 (49.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,725 (49.4%)
--Same county: 3,405 (25.01%)
--Different county: 3,320 (24.39%)
----Same state: 1,640 (12.05%)
----Different state: 1,680 (12.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 130 (0.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,941 (100%)
Native: 14,735 (98.62%)
--Born in United States: 14,669 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,570 (64.05%)
----Different state: 5,099 (34.13%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 206 (1.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 94 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 86 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 120 (0.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 206 (100%)
Europe: 129 (62.62%)
Asia: 12 (5.83%)
Africa: 15 (7.28%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 38 (18.45%)
Northern America: 12 (5.83%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,612 (100%)
English only: 13,249 (97.33%)
Language other than English: 363 (2.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (0.9%)
--Spanish: 146 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 188 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,941 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,715% (98.49%)
Arab: 4 (0.03%)
Czech: 34 (0.23%)
Danish: 6 (0.04%)
Dutch: 272 (1.82%)
English: 1,938 (12.97%)
French (except Basque): 510 (3.41%)
French Canadian: 54 (0.36%)
German: 4,904 (32.82%)
Greek: 5 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.16%)
Irish: 2,320 (15.53%)
Italian: 416 (2.78%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.19%)
Polish: 214 (1.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 172 (1.15%)
Scottish: 219 (1.47%)
Slovak: 13 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 15 (0.1%)
Swedish: 62 (0.41%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.13%)
United States or American: 1,850 (12.38%)
Welsh: 60 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,554 (10.4%)

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