Somerset, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2171688, place: Somerset city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,397 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 165 (6.88%)
Kindergarten: 138 (5.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,107 (46.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 643 (26.83%)
College or graduate school: 344 (14.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,036 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,634 (20.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,329 (16.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,262 (28.15%)
Some college, no degree: 1,291 (16.07%)
Associate degree: 427 (5.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 573 (7.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 520 (6.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,487 (100%)
Never married: 1,899 (20.02%)
Now married, except separated: 4,828 (50.89%)
Separated: 275 (2.9%)
Total Widowed: 1,181 (12.45%)
Widowed Female: 1,047 (11.04%)
Total Divorced: 1,304 (13.75%)
Divorced Female: 763 (8.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 96 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (48.96%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,023 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,144 (12.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,183 (100%)
--With a disability: 308 (14.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,696 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,976 (34.69%)
----Percent employed: 45.1%
--No disability: 3,720 (65.31%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,911 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,155 (60.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,812 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,573 (51.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,025 (46.48%)
--Same county: 3,130 (28.95%)
--Different county: 1,895 (17.53%)
----Same state: 1,034 (9.56%)
----Different state: 861 (7.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 214 (1.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,437 (100%)
Native: 11,256 (98.42%)
--Born in United States: 11,251 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,739 (76.41%)
----Different state: 2,512 (21.96%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.04%)
Foreign born: 181 (1.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 124 (1.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 139 (1.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 181 (100%)
Europe: 26 (14.36%)
Asia: 145 (80.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (5.52%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,812 (100%)
English only: 10,499 (97.11%)
Language other than English: 313 (2.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 158 (1.46%)
--Spanish: 110 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 130 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (0.98%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,437 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,908% (69.14%)
Arab: 26 (0.23%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 106 (0.93%)
English: 1,345 (11.76%)
French (except Basque): 172 (1.5%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.22%)
German: 902 (7.89%)
Greek: 20 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.09%)
Irish: 1,065 (9.31%)
Italian: 98 (0.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 49 (0.43%)
Polish: 37 (0.32%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 40 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 166 (1.45%)
Scottish: 121 (1.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.18%)
Swedish: 23 (0.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,262 (19.78%)
Welsh: 60 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 1,346 (11.77%)

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