Alpena, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2601740, place: Alpena city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,905 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 176 (6.06%)
Kindergarten: 150 (5.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,294 (44.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 628 (21.62%)
College or graduate school: 657 (22.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,513 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 533 (7.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 668 (8.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,581 (34.35%)
Some college, no degree: 1,916 (25.5%)
Associate degree: 726 (9.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 654 (8.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 435 (5.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,976 (100%)
Never married: 2,244 (25%)
Now married, except separated: 4,477 (49.88%)
Separated: 89 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 1,037 (11.55%)
Widowed Female: 910 (10.14%)
Total Divorced: 1,129 (12.58%)
Divorced Female: 687 (7.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 78 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,455 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,348 (15.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,525 (100%)
--With a disability: 334 (13.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,783 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,169 (20.21%)
----Percent employed: 40.4%
--No disability: 4,614 (79.79%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 2,085 (100%)
--With a disability: 892 (42.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,512 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,011 (57.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,445 (42.29%)
--Same county: 2,997 (28.51%)
--Different county: 1,448 (13.77%)
----Same state: 998 (9.49%)
----Different state: 450 (4.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 56 (0.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,156 (100%)
Native: 11,013 (98.72%)
--Born in United States: 10,990 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,756 (87.45%)
----Different state: 1,234 (11.06%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 143 (1.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 54 (0.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 46 (0.41%)
--Not a citizen: 97 (0.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 143 (100%)
Europe: 47 (32.87%)
Asia: 53 (37.06%)
Africa: 19 (13.29%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (11.19%)
Northern America: 8 (5.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,512 (100%)
English only: 10,029 (95.41%)
Language other than English: 483 (4.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 153 (1.46%)
--Spanish: 78 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 268 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 107 (1.02%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,156 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,731% (114.12%)
Arab: 127 (1.14%)
Czech: 25 (0.22%)
Danish: 22 (0.2%)
Dutch: 149 (1.34%)
English: 1,062 (9.52%)
French (except Basque): 1,588 (14.23%)
French Canadian: 546 (4.89%)
German: 2,789 (25%)
Greek: 6 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.43%)
Irish: 860 (7.71%)
Italian: 246 (2.21%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 276 (2.47%)
Polish: 2,963 (26.56%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 87 (0.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 128 (1.15%)
Scottish: 330 (2.96%)
Slovak: 5 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 25 (0.22%)
Swedish: 125 (1.12%)
Swiss: 13 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.21%)
United States or American: 466 (4.18%)
Welsh: 128 (1.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 659 (5.91%)

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