Battle Creek, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2605920, place: Battle Creek city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,935 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 968 (6.95%)
Kindergarten: 900 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,653 (47.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,017 (21.65%)
College or graduate school: 2,397 (17.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,274 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,395 (4.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,637 (13.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,239 (32.79%)
Some college, no degree: 8,353 (24.37%)
Associate degree: 2,751 (8.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,931 (11.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,968 (5.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 41,248 (100%)
Never married: 11,521 (27.93%)
Now married, except separated: 19,516 (47.31%)
Separated: 918 (2.23%)
Total Widowed: 3,398 (8.24%)
Widowed Female: 2,757 (6.68%)
Total Divorced: 5,895 (14.29%)
Divorced Female: 3,595 (8.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 947 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 388 (40.97%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 38,768 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,821 (15.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 12,230 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,341 (10.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 29,053 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,523 (22.45%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 22,530 (77.55%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 6,969 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,151 (45.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 49,388 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 26,047 (52.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 22,652 (45.87%)
--Same county: 15,332 (31.04%)
--Different county: 7,320 (14.82%)
----Same state: 3,938 (7.97%)
----Different state: 3,382 (6.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 689 (1.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 53,251 (100%)
Native: 51,436 (96.59%)
--Born in United States: 51,075 (100%)
----State of residence: 38,173 (71.69%)
----Different state: 12,902 (24.23%)
--Born outside United States: 361 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 1,815 (3.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 964 (1.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 591 (1.11%)
--Not a citizen: 1,224 (2.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,815 (100%)
Europe: 280 (15.43%)
Asia: 744 (40.99%)
Africa: 60 (3.31%)
Oceania: 12 (0.66%)
Latin America: 622 (34.27%)
Northern America: 97 (5.34%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 49,388 (100%)
English only: 46,274 (93.69%)
Language other than English: 3,114 (6.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,446 (2.93%)
--Spanish: 1,743 (3.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 918 (1.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 669 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 645 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 372 (0.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 53,251 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 48,043% (90.22%)
Arab: 98 (0.18%)
Czech: 105 (0.2%)
Danish: 227 (0.43%)
Dutch: 2,111 (3.96%)
English: 6,128 (11.51%)
French (except Basque): 1,737 (3.26%)
French Canadian: 349 (0.66%)
German: 8,375 (15.73%)
Greek: 122 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 130 (0.24%)
Irish: 4,648 (8.73%)
Italian: 1,356 (2.55%)
Lithuanian: 59 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 252 (0.47%)
Polish: 1,420 (2.67%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.05%)
Russian: 86 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 563 (1.06%)
Scottish: 931 (1.75%)
Slovak: 11 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 496 (0.93%)
Swedish: 531 (1%)
Swiss: 80 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 94 (0.18%)
United States or American: 4,717 (8.86%)
Welsh: 306 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 145 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 12,937 (24.29%)

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