New Castle, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2155596, place: New Castle city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 204 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (9.8%)
Kindergarten: 13 (6.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 90 (44.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 66 (32.35%)
College or graduate school: 15 (7.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 589 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 96 (16.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 95 (16.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 241 (40.92%)
Some college, no degree: 67 (11.38%)
Associate degree: 18 (3.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 44 (7.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (4.75%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 723 (100%)
Never married: 181 (25.03%)
Now married, except separated: 315 (43.57%)
Separated: 25 (3.46%)
Total Widowed: 97 (13.42%)
Widowed Female: 91 (12.59%)
Total Divorced: 105 (14.52%)
Divorced Female: 70 (9.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (18.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 679 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 39 (5.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 222 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (6.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 456 (100%)
--With a disability: 130 (28.51%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 326 (71.49%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 110 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (46.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 846 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 518 (61.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 328 (38.77%)
--Same county: 201 (23.76%)
--Different county: 127 (15.01%)
----Same state: 94 (11.11%)
----Different state: 33 (3.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 928 (100%)
Native: 926 (99.78%)
--Born in United States: 922 (100%)
----State of residence: 781 (84.16%)
----Different state: 141 (15.19%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.22%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 846 (100%)
English only: 833 (98.46%)
Language other than English: 13 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.12%)
--Spanish: 9 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 928 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 542% (58.41%)
Arab: 1 (0.11%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (1.08%)
English: 42 (4.53%)
French (except Basque): 24 (2.59%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 64 (6.9%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 94 (10.13%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.11%)
Polish: 16 (1.72%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.65%)
Scottish: 11 (1.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (0.86%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 191 (20.58%)
Welsh: 4 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 68 (7.33%)

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