Nicholasville, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2156136, place: Nicholasville city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,918 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 403 (8.19%)
Kindergarten: 261 (5.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,460 (50.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,034 (21.02%)
College or graduate school: 760 (15.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,991 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,005 (8.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,635 (13.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,361 (36.37%)
Some college, no degree: 2,672 (22.28%)
Associate degree: 635 (5.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,028 (8.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 655 (5.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,846 (100%)
Never married: 3,236 (21.8%)
Now married, except separated: 8,723 (58.76%)
Separated: 232 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 807 (5.44%)
Widowed Female: 761 (5.13%)
Total Divorced: 1,848 (12.45%)
Divorced Female: 1,133 (7.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 303 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 131 (43.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,038 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,604 (11.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,457 (100%)
--With a disability: 372 (8.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,516 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,496 (21.67%)
----Percent employed: 53.8%
--No disability: 9,020 (78.33%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,702 (100%)
--With a disability: 911 (53.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,811 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,853 (44.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,905 (55.61%)
--Same county: 4,541 (25.5%)
--Different county: 5,364 (30.12%)
----Same state: 3,922 (22.02%)
----Different state: 1,442 (8.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (0.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,565 (100%)
Native: 19,369 (99%)
--Born in United States: 19,306 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,894 (76.13%)
----Different state: 4,412 (22.55%)
--Born outside United States: 63 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 196 (1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 70 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 89 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 107 (0.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 196 (100%)
Europe: 45 (22.96%)
Asia: 53 (27.04%)
Africa: 20 (10.2%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 78 (39.8%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,811 (100%)
English only: 17,328 (97.29%)
Language other than English: 483 (2.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 225 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 152 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 99 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,565 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,733% (75.3%)
Arab: 22 (0.11%)
Czech: 39 (0.2%)
Danish: 20 (0.1%)
Dutch: 217 (1.11%)
English: 1,986 (10.15%)
French (except Basque): 307 (1.57%)
French Canadian: 30 (0.15%)
German: 1,947 (9.95%)
Greek: 21 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.1%)
Irish: 1,899 (9.71%)
Italian: 310 (1.58%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.24%)
Polish: 219 (1.12%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.04%)
Russian: 26 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 423 (2.16%)
Scottish: 315 (1.61%)
Slovak: 9 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.2%)
Swedish: 81 (0.41%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.03%)
United States or American: 4,128 (21.1%)
Welsh: 134 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 2,436 (12.45%)

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