Prospect, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2163264, place: Prospect city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,377 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 151 (10.97%)
Kindergarten: 87 (6.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 663 (48.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 301 (21.86%)
College or graduate school: 175 (12.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,301 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 32 (0.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 58 (1.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 246 (7.45%)
Some college, no degree: 508 (15.39%)
Associate degree: 148 (4.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,309 (39.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,000 (30.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 69.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,727 (100%)
Never married: 574 (15.4%)
Now married, except separated: 2,754 (73.89%)
Separated: 24 (0.64%)
Total Widowed: 134 (3.6%)
Widowed Female: 86 (2.31%)
Total Divorced: 241 (6.47%)
Divorced Female: 153 (4.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (83.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,474 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 492 (14.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,129 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (3.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,866 (100%)
--With a disability: 184 (6.42%)
----Percent employed: 75%
--No disability: 2,682 (93.58%)
----Percent employed: 71.4%
Population 65 years and over: 497 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (17.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,492 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,126 (47.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,319 (51.63%)
--Same county: 1,228 (27.34%)
--Different county: 1,091 (24.29%)
----Same state: 189 (4.21%)
----Different state: 902 (20.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 47 (1.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,797 (100%)
Native: 4,519 (94.2%)
--Born in United States: 4,505 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,184 (45.53%)
----Different state: 2,321 (48.38%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 278 (5.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 115 (2.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 145 (3.02%)
--Not a citizen: 133 (2.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 278 (100%)
Europe: 105 (37.77%)
Asia: 87 (31.29%)
Africa: 28 (10.07%)
Oceania: 14 (5.04%)
Latin America: 38 (13.67%)
Northern America: 6 (2.16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,492 (100%)
English only: 4,207 (93.66%)
Language other than English: 285 (6.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (1.89%)
--Spanish: 76 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 129 (2.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 65 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,797 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,603% (116.8%)
Arab: 16 (0.33%)
Czech: 11 (0.23%)
Danish: 12 (0.25%)
Dutch: 77 (1.61%)
English: 985 (20.53%)
French (except Basque): 118 (2.46%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.35%)
German: 1,407 (29.33%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 51 (1.06%)
Irish: 892 (18.59%)
Italian: 142 (2.96%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.67%)
Polish: 144 (3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 114 (2.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 233 (4.86%)
Scottish: 159 (3.31%)
Slovak: 25 (0.52%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.48%)
Swedish: 46 (0.96%)
Swiss: 18 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.17%)
United States or American: 339 (7.07%)
Welsh: 74 (1.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 622 (12.97%)

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