Prestonsburg, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2162940, place: Prestonsburg city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 631 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (7.45%)
Kindergarten: 27 (4.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 270 (42.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 134 (21.24%)
College or graduate school: 153 (24.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,522 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 523 (20.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 368 (14.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 620 (24.58%)
Some college, no degree: 482 (19.11%)
Associate degree: 87 (3.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 197 (7.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 245 (9.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,001 (100%)
Never married: 437 (14.56%)
Now married, except separated: 1,597 (53.22%)
Separated: 81 (2.7%)
Total Widowed: 406 (13.53%)
Widowed Female: 347 (11.56%)
Total Divorced: 480 (15.99%)
Divorced Female: 301 (10.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (47.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,892 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 245 (8.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 546 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (12.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,861 (100%)
--With a disability: 683 (36.7%)
----Percent employed: 28.3%
--No disability: 1,178 (63.3%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
Population 65 years and over: 572 (100%)
--With a disability: 271 (47.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,302 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,611 (48.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,658 (50.21%)
--Same county: 1,010 (30.59%)
--Different county: 648 (19.62%)
----Same state: 414 (12.54%)
----Different state: 234 (7.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 33 (1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,511 (100%)
Native: 3,464 (98.66%)
--Born in United States: 3,452 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,856 (81.34%)
----Different state: 596 (16.98%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 47 (1.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (0.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 35 (1%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 47 (100%)
Europe: 13 (27.66%)
Asia: 34 (72.34%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,302 (100%)
English only: 3,207 (97.12%)
Language other than English: 95 (2.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.51%)
--Spanish: 43 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,511 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,345% (66.79%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 27 (0.77%)
English: 324 (9.23%)
French (except Basque): 36 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 263 (7.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 285 (8.12%)
Italian: 36 (1.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.48%)
Polish: 62 (1.77%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 67 (1.91%)
Scottish: 48 (1.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.14%)
United States or American: 810 (23.07%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 365 (10.4%)

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