Wilder, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2183172, place: Wilder city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 725 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 74 (10.21%)
Kindergarten: 36 (4.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 332 (45.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 123 (16.97%)
College or graduate school: 160 (22.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,897 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (1.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 101 (5.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 568 (29.94%)
Some college, no degree: 404 (21.3%)
Associate degree: 123 (6.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 442 (23.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 238 (12.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,155 (100%)
Never married: 577 (26.77%)
Now married, except separated: 1,220 (56.61%)
Separated: 38 (1.76%)
Total Widowed: 110 (5.1%)
Widowed Female: 98 (4.55%)
Total Divorced: 210 (9.74%)
Divorced Female: 141 (6.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (23.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,059 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 209 (10.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 567 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (5.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,655 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (15.65%)
----Percent employed: 68%
--No disability: 1,396 (84.35%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 343 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (34.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,565 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,418 (55.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,142 (44.52%)
--Same county: 585 (22.81%)
--Different county: 557 (21.72%)
----Same state: 330 (12.87%)
----Different state: 227 (8.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,758 (100%)
Native: 2,665 (96.63%)
--Born in United States: 2,658 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,740 (63.09%)
----Different state: 918 (33.28%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 93 (3.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 34 (1.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 46 (1.67%)
--Not a citizen: 47 (1.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 93 (100%)
Europe: 31 (33.33%)
Asia: 54 (58.06%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (8.6%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,565 (100%)
English only: 2,473 (96.41%)
Language other than English: 92 (3.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.78%)
--Spanish: 25 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 39 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.51%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,758 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,718% (98.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.22%)
Dutch: 14 (0.51%)
English: 256 (9.28%)
French (except Basque): 83 (3.01%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.36%)
German: 1,039 (37.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 535 (19.4%)
Italian: 91 (3.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 37 (1.34%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (1.12%)
Scottish: 20 (0.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.25%)
United States or American: 233 (8.45%)
Welsh: 7 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 349 (12.65%)

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