Ecorse, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2624740, place: Ecorse city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,952 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 320 (10.84%)
Kindergarten: 171 (5.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,381 (46.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 644 (21.82%)
College or graduate school: 436 (14.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,016 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 724 (10.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,793 (25.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,635 (37.56%)
Some college, no degree: 1,192 (16.99%)
Associate degree: 341 (4.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 233 (3.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 98 (1.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,582 (100%)
Never married: 3,192 (37.19%)
Now married, except separated: 3,052 (35.56%)
Separated: 308 (3.59%)
Total Widowed: 737 (8.59%)
Widowed Female: 608 (7.08%)
Total Divorced: 1,293 (15.07%)
Divorced Female: 719 (8.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 413 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 137 (33.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,109 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,059 (13.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 254 (9.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,228 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,025 (32.51%)
----Percent employed: 37.2%
--No disability: 4,203 (67.49%)
----Percent employed: 65%
Population 65 years and over: 1,366 (100%)
--With a disability: 699 (51.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,364 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,582 (63.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,623 (34.96%)
--Same county: 3,119 (30.09%)
--Different county: 504 (4.86%)
----Same state: 209 (2.02%)
----Different state: 295 (2.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 159 (1.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,229 (100%)
Native: 10,839 (96.53%)
--Born in United States: 10,805 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,493 (75.63%)
----Different state: 2,312 (20.59%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 390 (3.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 216 (1.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 167 (1.49%)
--Not a citizen: 223 (1.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 390 (100%)
Europe: 97 (24.87%)
Asia: 60 (15.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 206 (52.82%)
Northern America: 27 (6.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,364 (100%)
English only: 9,445 (91.13%)
Language other than English: 919 (8.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 452 (4.36%)
--Spanish: 637 (6.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 337 (3.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 206 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (0.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,229 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,697% (95.26%)
Arab: 82 (0.73%)
Czech: 13 (0.12%)
Danish: 4 (0.04%)
Dutch: 45 (0.4%)
English: 315 (2.81%)
French (except Basque): 476 (4.24%)
French Canadian: 236 (2.1%)
German: 796 (7.09%)
Greek: 131 (1.17%)
Hungarian: 159 (1.42%)
Irish: 811 (7.22%)
Italian: 243 (2.16%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 66 (0.59%)
Polish: 450 (4.01%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.06%)
Russian: 11 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (0.52%)
Scottish: 146 (1.3%)
Slovak: 13 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 66 (0.59%)
Swedish: 12 (0.11%)
Swiss: 24 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 47 (0.42%)
United States or American: 787 (7.01%)
Welsh: 24 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 5,658 (50.39%)

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