Birmingham, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2608640, place: Birmingham city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,249 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 437 (10.28%)
Kindergarten: 287 (6.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,774 (41.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 756 (17.79%)
College or graduate school: 995 (23.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,557 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 69 (0.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 338 (2.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,269 (8.72%)
Some college, no degree: 2,438 (16.75%)
Associate degree: 669 (4.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,472 (37.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,302 (29.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 67.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,791 (100%)
Never married: 3,977 (25.19%)
Now married, except separated: 9,044 (57.27%)
Separated: 66 (0.42%)
Total Widowed: 850 (5.38%)
Widowed Female: 743 (4.71%)
Total Divorced: 1,854 (11.74%)
Divorced Female: 1,124 (7.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (26.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,230 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,674 (10.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,096 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (5.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,259 (100%)
--With a disability: 865 (7.06%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
--No disability: 11,394 (92.94%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 2,686 (100%)
--With a disability: 745 (27.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,041 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,258 (56.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,357 (40.78%)
--Same county: 4,613 (25.57%)
--Different county: 2,744 (15.21%)
----Same state: 1,301 (7.21%)
----Different state: 1,443 (8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 426 (2.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,373 (100%)
Native: 17,936 (92.58%)
--Born in United States: 17,721 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,831 (66.23%)
----Different state: 4,890 (25.24%)
--Born outside United States: 215 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 1,437 (7.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 624 (3.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 727 (3.75%)
--Not a citizen: 710 (3.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,437 (100%)
Europe: 733 (51.01%)
Asia: 279 (19.42%)
Africa: 31 (2.16%)
Oceania: 49 (3.41%)
Latin America: 62 (4.31%)
Northern America: 283 (19.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,041 (100%)
English only: 16,496 (91.44%)
Language other than English: 1,545 (8.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 433 (2.4%)
--Spanish: 272 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,028 (5.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 276 (1.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 142 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,373 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 24,483% (126.38%)
Arab: 250 (1.29%)
Czech: 209 (1.08%)
Danish: 72 (0.37%)
Dutch: 513 (2.65%)
English: 3,166 (16.34%)
French (except Basque): 977 (5.04%)
French Canadian: 230 (1.19%)
German: 4,189 (21.62%)
Greek: 268 (1.38%)
Hungarian: 291 (1.5%)
Irish: 3,151 (16.26%)
Italian: 1,331 (6.87%)
Lithuanian: 121 (0.62%)
Norwegian: 332 (1.71%)
Polish: 1,749 (9.03%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.08%)
Russian: 800 (4.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 520 (2.68%)
Scottish: 1,202 (6.2%)
Slovak: 68 (0.35%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.15%)
Swedish: 268 (1.38%)
Swiss: 91 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 115 (0.59%)
United States or American: 818 (4.22%)
Welsh: 256 (1.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 3,439 (17.75%)

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