Fraser, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2630420, place: Fraser city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,173 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 292 (7%)
Kindergarten: 221 (5.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,806 (43.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 875 (20.97%)
College or graduate school: 979 (23.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,364 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 546 (5.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,281 (12.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,314 (31.98%)
Some college, no degree: 2,880 (27.79%)
Associate degree: 832 (8.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 974 (9.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 537 (5.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,218 (100%)
Never married: 2,851 (23.33%)
Now married, except separated: 6,596 (53.99%)
Separated: 131 (1.07%)
Total Widowed: 1,192 (9.76%)
Widowed Female: 1,015 (8.31%)
Total Divorced: 1,448 (11.85%)
Divorced Female: 980 (8.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 197 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (35.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,561 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,429 (12.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,451 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (5.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,427 (16.59%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
--No disability: 7,177 (83.41%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,145 (100%)
--With a disability: 889 (41.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,413 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,961 (62.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,357 (37.17%)
--Same county: 3,947 (27.38%)
--Different county: 1,410 (9.78%)
----Same state: 1,119 (7.76%)
----Different state: 291 (2.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 95 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,297 (100%)
Native: 14,378 (93.99%)
--Born in United States: 14,269 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,763 (83.43%)
----Different state: 1,506 (9.85%)
--Born outside United States: 109 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 919 (6.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 180 (1.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 549 (3.59%)
--Not a citizen: 370 (2.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 919 (100%)
Europe: 576 (62.68%)
Asia: 173 (18.82%)
Africa: 5 (0.54%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (3.16%)
Northern America: 136 (14.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,413 (100%)
English only: 13,176 (91.42%)
Language other than English: 1,237 (8.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 479 (3.32%)
--Spanish: 146 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 841 (5.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 347 (2.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 124 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,297 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,135% (125.09%)
Arab: 369 (2.41%)
Czech: 90 (0.59%)
Danish: 26 (0.17%)
Dutch: 134 (0.88%)
English: 1,286 (8.41%)
French (except Basque): 1,068 (6.98%)
French Canadian: 454 (2.97%)
German: 3,929 (25.68%)
Greek: 191 (1.25%)
Hungarian: 169 (1.1%)
Irish: 2,148 (14.04%)
Italian: 2,433 (15.91%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 49 (0.32%)
Polish: 3,203 (20.94%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 110 (0.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 145 (0.95%)
Scottish: 295 (1.93%)
Slovak: 64 (0.42%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 114 (0.75%)
Swiss: 33 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 151 (0.99%)
United States or American: 422 (2.76%)
Welsh: 56 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 2,153 (14.07%)

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