Garden City, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2631420, place: Garden City city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,807 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 587 (7.52%)
Kindergarten: 386 (4.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,498 (44.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,865 (23.89%)
College or graduate school: 1,471 (18.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 20,310 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 825 (4.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,005 (14.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,950 (39.14%)
Some college, no degree: 5,194 (25.57%)
Associate degree: 1,499 (7.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,410 (6.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 427 (2.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 23,773 (100%)
Never married: 5,834 (24.54%)
Now married, except separated: 13,478 (56.69%)
Separated: 275 (1.16%)
Total Widowed: 1,659 (6.98%)
Widowed Female: 1,354 (5.7%)
Total Divorced: 2,527 (10.63%)
Divorced Female: 1,434 (6.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 499 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 149 (29.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,520 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,446 (15.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,750 (100%)
--With a disability: 544 (8.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,401 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,128 (17.98%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
--No disability: 14,273 (82.02%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 4,068 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,584 (38.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,227 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,333 (68.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,706 (30.84%)
--Same county: 7,128 (25.25%)
--Different county: 1,578 (5.59%)
----Same state: 925 (3.28%)
----Different state: 653 (2.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 188 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 30,047 (100%)
Native: 29,065 (96.73%)
--Born in United States: 28,923 (100%)
----State of residence: 24,371 (81.11%)
----Different state: 4,552 (15.15%)
--Born outside United States: 142 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 982 (3.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 280 (0.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 570 (1.9%)
--Not a citizen: 412 (1.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 982 (100%)
Europe: 404 (41.14%)
Asia: 305 (31.06%)
Africa: 6 (0.61%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 46 (4.68%)
Northern America: 221 (22.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,227 (100%)
English only: 26,526 (93.97%)
Language other than English: 1,701 (6.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 638 (2.26%)
--Spanish: 536 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 190 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 798 (2.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 273 (0.97%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 133 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 30,047 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,511% (124.84%)
Arab: 239 (0.8%)
Czech: 145 (0.48%)
Danish: 97 (0.32%)
Dutch: 508 (1.69%)
English: 3,545 (11.8%)
French (except Basque): 2,186 (7.28%)
French Canadian: 868 (2.89%)
German: 6,915 (23.01%)
Greek: 145 (0.48%)
Hungarian: 512 (1.7%)
Irish: 5,150 (17.14%)
Italian: 1,723 (5.73%)
Lithuanian: 132 (0.44%)
Norwegian: 250 (0.83%)
Polish: 5,027 (16.73%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.06%)
Russian: 229 (0.76%)
Scotch-Irish: 802 (2.67%)
Scottish: 927 (3.09%)
Slovak: 174 (0.58%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.1%)
Swedish: 415 (1.38%)
Swiss: 52 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 343 (1.14%)
United States or American: 2,187 (7.28%)
Welsh: 180 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,711 (15.68%)

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