Paducah, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2158836, place: Paducah city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,990 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 558 (9.32%)
Kindergarten: 418 (6.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,593 (43.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,471 (24.56%)
College or graduate school: 950 (15.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,092 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,612 (8.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,616 (14.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,626 (31.1%)
Some college, no degree: 3,831 (21.18%)
Associate degree: 1,045 (5.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,997 (11.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,365 (7.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,235 (100%)
Never married: 4,708 (22.17%)
Now married, except separated: 9,988 (47.04%)
Separated: 641 (3.02%)
Total Widowed: 2,638 (12.42%)
Widowed Female: 2,203 (10.37%)
Total Divorced: 3,260 (15.35%)
Divorced Female: 1,826 (8.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 461 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 250 (54.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,285 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,816 (13.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,039 (100%)
--With a disability: 551 (10.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,684 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,490 (25.5%)
----Percent employed: 43.4%
--No disability: 10,194 (74.5%)
----Percent employed: 75.4%
Population 65 years and over: 4,670 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,341 (50.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,540 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,423 (50.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,945 (48.68%)
--Same county: 6,568 (26.76%)
--Different county: 5,377 (21.91%)
----Same state: 2,397 (9.77%)
----Different state: 2,980 (12.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 172 (0.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,275 (100%)
Native: 25,984 (98.89%)
--Born in United States: 25,909 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,277 (65.75%)
----Different state: 8,632 (32.85%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 291 (1.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 135 (0.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 136 (0.52%)
--Not a citizen: 155 (0.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 291 (100%)
Europe: 51 (17.53%)
Asia: 70 (24.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (2.41%)
Latin America: 154 (52.92%)
Northern America: 9 (3.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,540 (100%)
English only: 23,825 (97.09%)
Language other than English: 715 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 240 (0.98%)
--Spanish: 468 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 170 (0.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 188 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 59 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,275 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,569% (82.09%)
Arab: 55 (0.21%)
Czech: 20 (0.08%)
Danish: 22 (0.08%)
Dutch: 344 (1.31%)
English: 2,478 (9.43%)
French (except Basque): 560 (2.13%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.13%)
German: 2,837 (10.8%)
Greek: 27 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.03%)
Irish: 2,357 (8.97%)
Italian: 458 (1.74%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 66 (0.25%)
Polish: 172 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 29 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 703 (2.68%)
Scottish: 404 (1.54%)
Slovak: 60 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 392 (1.49%)
Swedish: 67 (0.25%)
Swiss: 55 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 29 (0.11%)
United States or American: 3,134 (11.93%)
Welsh: 108 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 7,127 (27.12%)

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