Benton Harbor, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2607520, place: Benton Harbor city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,774 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 276 (7.31%)
Kindergarten: 218 (5.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,305 (61.08%)
High school (grades 9-12): 743 (19.69%)
College or graduate school: 232 (6.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,653 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 622 (11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,611 (28.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,864 (32.97%)
Some college, no degree: 1,124 (19.88%)
Associate degree: 194 (3.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 116 (2.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 122 (2.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,488 (100%)
Never married: 3,638 (48.58%)
Now married, except separated: 2,043 (27.28%)
Separated: 406 (5.42%)
Total Widowed: 487 (6.5%)
Widowed Female: 380 (5.07%)
Total Divorced: 914 (12.21%)
Divorced Female: 597 (7.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 556 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 286 (51.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,856 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 634 (9.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,812 (100%)
--With a disability: 481 (12.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,259 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,985 (37.74%)
----Percent employed: 48.8%
--No disability: 3,274 (62.26%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
Population 65 years and over: 937 (100%)
--With a disability: 619 (66.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,064 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,048 (50.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,993 (49.61%)
--Same county: 4,186 (41.59%)
--Different county: 807 (8.02%)
----Same state: 256 (2.54%)
----Different state: 551 (5.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,240 (100%)
Native: 11,208 (99.72%)
--Born in United States: 11,195 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,375 (65.61%)
----Different state: 3,820 (33.99%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.12%)
Foreign born: 32 (0.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.14%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 7 (21.88%)
Asia: 9 (28.13%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,064 (100%)
English only: 9,802 (97.4%)
Language other than English: 262 (2.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.52%)
--Spanish: 150 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 95 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,240 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,964% (88.65%)
Arab: 8 (0.07%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 21 (0.19%)
English: 45 (0.4%)
French (except Basque): 24 (0.21%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.12%)
German: 190 (1.69%)
Greek: 18 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 103 (0.92%)
Italian: 103 (0.92%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 62 (0.55%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 16 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (0.15%)
Scottish: 17 (0.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 483 (4.3%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 212 (1.89%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 8,599 (76.5%)

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