General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2610580, place: Bridgman city, Michigan)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 563 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 39 (6.93%)
Kindergarten: 53 (9.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 221 (39.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 150 (26.64%)
College or graduate school: 100 (17.76%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,755 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 62 (3.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 152 (8.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 471 (26.84%)
Some college, no degree: 455 (25.93%)
Associate degree: 152 (8.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 283 (16.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 180 (10.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,995 (100%)
Never married: 411 (20.6%)
Now married, except separated: 1,141 (57.19%)
Separated: 23 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 214 (10.73%)
Widowed Female: 189 (9.47%)
Total Divorced: 206 (10.33%)
Divorced Female: 110 (5.51%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (33.33%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,901 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 293 (15.41%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 482 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (6.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,398 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (16.24%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
--No disability: 1,171 (83.76%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 311 (100%)
--With a disability: 135 (43.41%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,298 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,173 (51.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,122 (48.83%)
--Same county: 611 (26.59%)
--Different county: 511 (22.24%)
----Same state: 105 (4.57%)
----Different state: 406 (17.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.13%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,445 (100%)
Native: 2,370 (96.93%)
--Born in United States: 2,359 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,289 (52.72%)
----Different state: 1,070 (43.76%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 75 (3.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (0.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 49 (2%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (1.06%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 75 (100%)
Europe: 32 (42.67%)
Asia: 27 (36%)
Africa: 5 (6.67%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (14.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,298 (100%)
English only: 2,165 (94.21%)
Language other than English: 133 (5.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (2.09%)
--Spanish: 39 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 73 (3.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (1.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.52%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,445 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,711% (110.88%)
Arab: 13 (0.53%)
Czech: 56 (2.29%)
Danish: 33 (1.35%)
Dutch: 80 (3.27%)
English: 274 (11.21%)
French (except Basque): 60 (2.45%)
French Canadian: 27 (1.1%)
German: 834 (34.11%)
Greek: 22 (0.9%)
Hungarian: 40 (1.64%)
Irish: 258 (10.55%)
Italian: 112 (4.58%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 54 (2.21%)
Polish: 168 (6.87%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 33 (1.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (1.06%)
Scottish: 70 (2.86%)
Slovak: 17 (0.7%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 56 (2.29%)
Swiss: 30 (1.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 163 (6.67%)
Welsh: 14 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 261 (10.67%)
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