Mount Vernon, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2154174, place: Mount Vernon city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 436 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (3.67%)
Kindergarten: 38 (8.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 233 (53.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 88 (20.18%)
College or graduate school: 61 (13.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,804 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 457 (25.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 386 (21.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 501 (27.77%)
Some college, no degree: 218 (12.08%)
Associate degree: 41 (2.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 117 (6.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 84 (4.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 53.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,102 (100%)
Never married: 482 (22.93%)
Now married, except separated: 956 (45.48%)
Separated: 66 (3.14%)
Total Widowed: 273 (12.99%)
Widowed Female: 231 (10.99%)
Total Divorced: 325 (15.46%)
Divorced Female: 205 (9.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (32.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,040 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 204 (10%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 431 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (4.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,398 (100%)
--With a disability: 472 (33.76%)
----Percent employed: 24.4%
--No disability: 926 (66.24%)
----Percent employed: 71%
Population 65 years and over: 406 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (60.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,400 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,211 (50.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,184 (49.33%)
--Same county: 688 (28.67%)
--Different county: 496 (20.67%)
----Same state: 299 (12.46%)
----Different state: 197 (8.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,595 (100%)
Native: 2,595 (100%)
--Born in United States: 2,595 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,172 (83.7%)
----Different state: 423 (16.3%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,400 (100%)
English only: 2,357 (98.21%)
Language other than English: 43 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (1.33%)
--Spanish: 14 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,595 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,918% (73.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 33 (1.27%)
English: 208 (8.02%)
French (except Basque): 47 (1.81%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 158 (6.09%)
Greek: 13 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 229 (8.82%)
Italian: 11 (0.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.96%)
Polish: 7 (0.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (0.92%)
Scottish: 25 (0.96%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 725 (27.94%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.58%)
Other ancestries: 398 (15.34%)

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