Providence, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2163372, place: Providence city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 928 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (5.06%)
Kindergarten: 73 (7.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 369 (39.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 249 (26.83%)
College or graduate school: 190 (20.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,345 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 298 (12.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 415 (17.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,029 (43.88%)
Some college, no degree: 318 (13.56%)
Associate degree: 115 (4.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 115 (4.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 55 (2.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,889 (100%)
Never married: 629 (21.77%)
Now married, except separated: 1,476 (51.09%)
Separated: 36 (1.25%)
Total Widowed: 328 (11.35%)
Widowed Female: 281 (9.73%)
Total Divorced: 420 (14.54%)
Divorced Female: 277 (9.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 83 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (84.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,701 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 342 (12.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 853 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (8.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,961 (100%)
--With a disability: 463 (23.61%)
----Percent employed: 43%
--No disability: 1,498 (76.39%)
----Percent employed: 70.2%
Population 65 years and over: 480 (100%)
--With a disability: 239 (49.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,360 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,944 (57.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,389 (41.34%)
--Same county: 852 (25.36%)
--Different county: 537 (15.98%)
----Same state: 437 (13.01%)
----Different state: 100 (2.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,619 (100%)
Native: 3,564 (98.48%)
--Born in United States: 3,558 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,008 (83.12%)
----Different state: 550 (15.2%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.17%)
Foreign born: 55 (1.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.75%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (0.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 55 (100%)
Europe: 18 (32.73%)
Asia: 10 (18.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (49.09%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,360 (100%)
English only: 3,279 (97.59%)
Language other than English: 81 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.8%)
--Spanish: 60 (1.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21 (0.63%)
----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: 3,619 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,371% (65.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 23 (0.64%)
English: 233 (6.44%)
French (except Basque): 87 (2.4%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 262 (7.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 194 (5.36%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 9 (0.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (0.5%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.5%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 7 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 623 (17.21%)
Welsh: 7 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.55%)
Other ancestries: 870 (24.04%)

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