General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2607660, place: Berkley city, Michigan)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,867 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 284 (7.34%)
Kindergarten: 241 (6.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,503 (38.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 789 (20.4%)
College or graduate school: 1,050 (27.15%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 11,011 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 232 (2.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 766 (6.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,752 (24.99%)
Some college, no degree: 2,589 (23.51%)
Associate degree: 750 (6.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,705 (24.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,217 (11.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 12,574 (100%)
Never married: 3,505 (27.87%)
Now married, except separated: 6,743 (53.63%)
Separated: 110 (0.87%)
Total Widowed: 911 (7.25%)
Widowed Female: 785 (6.24%)
Total Divorced: 1,305 (10.38%)
Divorced Female: 853 (6.78%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 126 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (24.6%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 11,998 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,274 (10.62%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 2,917 (100%)
--With a disability: 213 (7.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,528 (100%)
--With a disability: 963 (10.11%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 8,565 (89.89%)
----Percent employed: 88.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,047 (100%)
--With a disability: 917 (44.8%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 14,498 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,356 (64.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,025 (34.66%)
--Same county: 3,048 (21.02%)
--Different county: 1,977 (13.64%)
----Same state: 1,355 (9.35%)
----Different state: 622 (4.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 117 (0.81%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 15,531 (100%)
Native: 14,882 (95.82%)
--Born in United States: 14,764 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,204 (78.58%)
----Different state: 2,560 (16.48%)
--Born outside United States: 118 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 649 (4.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 147 (0.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 373 (2.4%)
--Not a citizen: 276 (1.78%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 649 (100%)
Europe: 281 (43.3%)
Asia: 170 (26.19%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (0.46%)
Latin America: 20 (3.08%)
Northern America: 175 (26.96%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 14,498 (100%)
English only: 13,742 (94.79%)
Language other than English: 756 (5.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 210 (1.45%)
--Spanish: 128 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 413 (2.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (0.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 75 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.1%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 15,531 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,326% (130.87%)
Arab: 78 (0.5%)
Czech: 139 (0.89%)
Danish: 32 (0.21%)
Dutch: 366 (2.36%)
English: 2,093 (13.48%)
French (except Basque): 863 (5.56%)
French Canadian: 433 (2.79%)
German: 4,337 (27.92%)
Greek: 195 (1.26%)
Hungarian: 197 (1.27%)
Irish: 3,042 (19.59%)
Italian: 1,231 (7.93%)
Lithuanian: 31 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 154 (0.99%)
Polish: 2,207 (14.21%)
Portuguese: 26 (0.17%)
Russian: 183 (1.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 295 (1.9%)
Scottish: 768 (4.94%)
Slovak: 62 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.12%)
Swedish: 247 (1.59%)
Swiss: 39 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 128 (0.82%)
United States or American: 601 (3.87%)
Welsh: 196 (1.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 2,351 (15.14%)
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