Buena Vista, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2611555, place: Buena Vista CDP, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,321 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 182 (7.84%)
Kindergarten: 182 (7.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,102 (47.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 556 (23.96%)
College or graduate school: 299 (12.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,747 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 407 (8.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 821 (17.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,802 (37.96%)
Some college, no degree: 1,120 (23.59%)
Associate degree: 236 (4.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 242 (5.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 119 (2.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,759 (100%)
Never married: 2,094 (36.36%)
Now married, except separated: 2,114 (36.71%)
Separated: 177 (3.07%)
Total Widowed: 467 (8.11%)
Widowed Female: 349 (6.06%)
Total Divorced: 907 (15.75%)
Divorced Female: 552 (9.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 244 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 100 (40.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,394 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 709 (13.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,070 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (8.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,020 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,084 (26.97%)
----Percent employed: 40.1%
--No disability: 2,936 (73.03%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
Population 65 years and over: 967 (100%)
--With a disability: 584 (60.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,176 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,471 (62.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,635 (36.72%)
--Same county: 2,171 (30.25%)
--Different county: 464 (6.47%)
----Same state: 327 (4.56%)
----Different state: 137 (1.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 70 (0.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,808 (100%)
Native: 7,776 (99.59%)
--Born in United States: 7,769 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,531 (70.84%)
----Different state: 2,238 (28.66%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.09%)
Foreign born: 32 (0.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (0.27%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 9 (28.13%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 23 (71.88%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,176 (100%)
English only: 6,707 (93.46%)
Language other than English: 469 (6.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (2.05%)
--Spanish: 447 (6.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 132 (1.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,808 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,324% (93.8%)
Arab: 10 (0.13%)
Czech: 5 (0.06%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 38 (0.49%)
English: 178 (2.28%)
French (except Basque): 107 (1.37%)
French Canadian: 49 (0.63%)
German: 508 (6.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.22%)
Irish: 217 (2.78%)
Italian: 44 (0.56%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 132 (1.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.19%)
Scottish: 27 (0.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 324 (4.15%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 154 (1.97%)
Welsh: 6 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,493 (70.35%)

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