Coldwater, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2617020, place: Coldwater city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,212 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 277 (8.62%)
Kindergarten: 151 (4.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,280 (39.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 935 (29.11%)
College or graduate school: 569 (17.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,698 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 623 (7.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,244 (14.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,207 (36.87%)
Some college, no degree: 2,068 (23.78%)
Associate degree: 587 (6.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 620 (7.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 349 (4.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,308 (100%)
Never married: 2,806 (27.22%)
Now married, except separated: 4,906 (47.59%)
Separated: 202 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 724 (7.02%)
Widowed Female: 622 (6.03%)
Total Divorced: 1,670 (16.2%)
Divorced Female: 874 (8.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 140 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 77 (55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,852 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,361 (13.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,537 (100%)
--With a disability: 261 (10.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,634 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,128 (20.02%)
----Percent employed: 57.1%
--No disability: 4,506 (79.98%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 1,247 (100%)
--With a disability: 625 (50.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,927 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,520 (46.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,055 (50.77%)
--Same county: 2,903 (24.34%)
--Different county: 3,152 (26.43%)
----Same state: 2,214 (18.56%)
----Different state: 938 (7.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 352 (2.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,710 (100%)
Native: 12,089 (95.11%)
--Born in United States: 11,983 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,933 (70.28%)
----Different state: 3,050 (24%)
--Born outside United States: 106 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 621 (4.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 446 (3.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 133 (1.05%)
--Not a citizen: 488 (3.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 621 (100%)
Europe: 33 (5.31%)
Asia: 294 (47.34%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 237 (38.16%)
Northern America: 57 (9.18%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,927 (100%)
English only: 10,905 (91.43%)
Language other than English: 1,022 (8.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 543 (4.55%)
--Spanish: 510 (4.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 248 (2.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 157 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 97 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (0.81%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,710 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,271% (88.68%)
Arab: 292 (2.3%)
Czech: 37 (0.29%)
Danish: 32 (0.25%)
Dutch: 492 (3.87%)
English: 1,234 (9.71%)
French (except Basque): 505 (3.97%)
French Canadian: 212 (1.67%)
German: 2,471 (19.44%)
Greek: 17 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 63 (0.5%)
Irish: 1,100 (8.65%)
Italian: 323 (2.54%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 69 (0.54%)
Polish: 582 (4.58%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.05%)
Russian: 5 (0.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 144 (1.13%)
Scottish: 135 (1.06%)
Slovak: 28 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 56 (0.44%)
Swedish: 113 (0.89%)
Swiss: 19 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 938 (7.38%)
Welsh: 58 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 2,317 (18.23%)

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