Richmond, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2165226, place: Richmond city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,867 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 326 (3%)
Kindergarten: 274 (2.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,948 (17.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 854 (7.86%)
College or graduate school: 7,465 (68.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,729 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,502 (10.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,676 (12.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,472 (25.29%)
Some college, no degree: 2,901 (21.13%)
Associate degree: 654 (4.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,118 (15.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,406 (10.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 23,001 (100%)
Never married: 10,308 (44.82%)
Now married, except separated: 8,266 (35.94%)
Separated: 459 (2%)
Total Widowed: 1,277 (5.55%)
Widowed Female: 1,049 (4.56%)
Total Divorced: 2,691 (11.7%)
Divorced Female: 1,557 (6.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 186 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 85 (45.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,361 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,716 (7.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,050 (100%)
--With a disability: 721 (10.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,697 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,390 (21.6%)
----Percent employed: 51.2%
--No disability: 12,307 (78.4%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,301 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,244 (54.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,447 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,195 (32.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,819 (66.09%)
--Same county: 6,920 (27.19%)
--Different county: 9,899 (38.9%)
----Same state: 7,084 (27.84%)
----Different state: 2,815 (11.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 433 (1.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,091 (100%)
Native: 26,521 (97.9%)
--Born in United States: 26,405 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,632 (72.47%)
----Different state: 6,773 (25%)
--Born outside United States: 116 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 570 (2.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 409 (1.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 152 (0.56%)
--Not a citizen: 418 (1.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 570 (100%)
Europe: 63 (11.05%)
Asia: 306 (53.68%)
Africa: 34 (5.96%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 125 (21.93%)
Northern America: 42 (7.37%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,447 (100%)
English only: 24,325 (95.59%)
Language other than English: 1,122 (4.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 398 (1.56%)
--Spanish: 545 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (0.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 358 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 155 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,091 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,003% (81.22%)
Arab: 32 (0.12%)
Czech: 7 (0.03%)
Danish: 29 (0.11%)
Dutch: 282 (1.04%)
English: 3,178 (11.73%)
French (except Basque): 503 (1.86%)
French Canadian: 64 (0.24%)
German: 2,949 (10.89%)
Greek: 21 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 57 (0.21%)
Irish: 2,966 (10.95%)
Italian: 509 (1.88%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 147 (0.54%)
Polish: 187 (0.69%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.03%)
Russian: 31 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 476 (1.76%)
Scottish: 508 (1.88%)
Slovak: 9 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 164 (0.61%)
Swedish: 98 (0.36%)
Swiss: 74 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 37 (0.14%)
United States or American: 4,893 (18.06%)
Welsh: 172 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 4,564 (16.85%)

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