Leitchfield, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2144686, place: Leitchfield city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,389 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 148 (10.66%)
Kindergarten: 75 (5.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 625 (45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 304 (21.89%)
College or graduate school: 237 (17.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,051 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 878 (21.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 526 (12.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,429 (35.28%)
Some college, no degree: 666 (16.44%)
Associate degree: 137 (3.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 185 (4.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 230 (5.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,997 (100%)
Never married: 992 (19.85%)
Now married, except separated: 2,644 (52.91%)
Separated: 133 (2.66%)
Total Widowed: 500 (10.01%)
Widowed Female: 429 (8.59%)
Total Divorced: 728 (14.57%)
Divorced Female: 432 (8.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 85 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (52.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,714 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 546 (11.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,329 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (12.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,325 (100%)
--With a disability: 867 (26.08%)
----Percent employed: 41.8%
--No disability: 2,458 (73.92%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 814 (100%)
--With a disability: 484 (59.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,788 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,732 (47.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,039 (52.51%)
--Same county: 2,280 (39.39%)
--Different county: 759 (13.11%)
----Same state: 576 (9.95%)
----Different state: 183 (3.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,203 (100%)
Native: 6,156 (99.24%)
--Born in United States: 6,153 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,409 (87.2%)
----Different state: 744 (11.99%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.05%)
Foreign born: 47 (0.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (0.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.29%)
--Not a citizen: 29 (0.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 47 (100%)
Europe: 29 (61.7%)
Asia: 9 (19.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 9 (19.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,788 (100%)
English only: 5,659 (97.77%)
Language other than English: 129 (2.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.45%)
--Spanish: 79 (1.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,203 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,446% (71.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 78 (1.26%)
English: 455 (7.34%)
French (except Basque): 87 (1.4%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.4%)
German: 511 (8.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.06%)
Irish: 572 (9.22%)
Italian: 7 (0.11%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 11 (0.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (0.47%)
Scottish: 19 (0.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.11%)
Swedish: 5 (0.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,229 (35.93%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 407 (6.56%)

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