Shelbyville, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2170050, place: Shelbyville city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,256 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 200 (8.87%)
Kindergarten: 156 (6.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,234 (54.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 482 (21.37%)
College or graduate school: 184 (8.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,578 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 747 (11.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 894 (13.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,215 (33.67%)
Some college, no degree: 1,181 (17.95%)
Associate degree: 320 (4.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 808 (12.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 413 (6.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,939 (100%)
Never married: 2,039 (25.68%)
Now married, except separated: 4,153 (52.31%)
Separated: 110 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 657 (8.28%)
Widowed Female: 567 (7.14%)
Total Divorced: 980 (12.34%)
Divorced Female: 564 (7.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 130 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (8.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,531 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 837 (11.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,267 (100%)
--With a disability: 109 (4.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,906 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,045 (17.69%)
----Percent employed: 50.9%
--No disability: 4,861 (82.31%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 916 (100%)
--With a disability: 515 (56.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,413 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,168 (33.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,838 (62.02%)
--Same county: 2,992 (31.79%)
--Different county: 2,846 (30.23%)
----Same state: 2,084 (22.14%)
----Different state: 762 (8.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 407 (4.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,426 (100%)
Native: 9,633 (92.39%)
--Born in United States: 9,577 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,037 (77.09%)
----Different state: 1,540 (14.77%)
--Born outside United States: 56 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 793 (7.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 634 (6.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 155 (1.49%)
--Not a citizen: 638 (6.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 793 (100%)
Europe: 94 (11.85%)
Asia: 14 (1.77%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 685 (86.38%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,413 (100%)
English only: 8,511 (90.42%)
Language other than English: 902 (9.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 546 (5.8%)
--Spanish: 791 (8.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 520 (5.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 97 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,426 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,185% (78.51%)
Arab: 11 (0.11%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 68 (0.65%)
English: 1,001 (9.6%)
French (except Basque): 101 (0.97%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.3%)
German: 1,284 (12.32%)
Greek: 7 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,012 (9.71%)
Italian: 71 (0.68%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 62 (0.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 27 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 187 (1.79%)
Scottish: 132 (1.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 195 (1.87%)
Swedish: 16 (0.15%)
Swiss: 28 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,315 (12.61%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,637 (25.29%)

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