Williamstown, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2183406, place: Williamstown city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 639 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (6.26%)
Kindergarten: 61 (9.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 301 (47.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 168 (26.29%)
College or graduate school: 69 (10.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,057 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 219 (10.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 263 (12.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 881 (42.83%)
Some college, no degree: 361 (17.55%)
Associate degree: 56 (2.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 130 (6.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 147 (7.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,471 (100%)
Never married: 454 (18.37%)
Now married, except separated: 1,351 (54.67%)
Separated: 39 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 320 (12.95%)
Widowed Female: 256 (10.36%)
Total Divorced: 307 (12.42%)
Divorced Female: 182 (7.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 61 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (59.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,362 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 337 (14.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 620 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (9.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,707 (100%)
--With a disability: 425 (24.9%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 1,282 (75.1%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 442 (100%)
--With a disability: 238 (53.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,866 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,564 (54.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,292 (45.08%)
--Same county: 683 (23.83%)
--Different county: 609 (21.25%)
----Same state: 396 (13.82%)
----Different state: 213 (7.43%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,125 (100%)
Native: 3,092 (98.94%)
--Born in United States: 3,092 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,407 (77.02%)
----Different state: 685 (21.92%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 33 (1.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (0.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 2 (6.06%)
Asia: 3 (9.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 25 (75.76%)
Northern America: 3 (9.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,866 (100%)
English only: 2,806 (97.91%)
Language other than English: 60 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 51 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,125 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,500% (80%)
Arab: 3 (0.1%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 51 (1.63%)
English: 263 (8.42%)
French (except Basque): 90 (2.88%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 568 (18.18%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.32%)
Irish: 383 (12.26%)
Italian: 13 (0.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 6 (0.19%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (1.89%)
Scottish: 69 (2.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.19%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 750 (24%)
Welsh: 25 (0.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 204 (6.53%)

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