Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2635520, place: Grosse Pointe Farms city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,485 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 243 (9.78%)
Kindergarten: 159 (6.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,128 (45.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 628 (25.27%)
College or graduate school: 327 (13.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,856 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 25 (0.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 130 (1.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 536 (7.82%)
Some college, no degree: 1,174 (17.12%)
Associate degree: 319 (4.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,611 (38.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,061 (30.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 68.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,614 (100%)
Never married: 1,261 (16.56%)
Now married, except separated: 5,300 (69.61%)
Separated: 24 (0.32%)
Total Widowed: 516 (6.78%)
Widowed Female: 441 (5.79%)
Total Divorced: 513 (6.74%)
Divorced Female: 341 (4.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (26.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,210 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 907 (12.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,085 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (2.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,293 (100%)
--With a disability: 373 (7.05%)
----Percent employed: 59%
--No disability: 4,920 (92.95%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,730 (100%)
--With a disability: 575 (33.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,108 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,446 (70.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,590 (28.44%)
--Same county: 1,615 (17.73%)
--Different county: 975 (10.7%)
----Same state: 562 (6.17%)
----Different state: 413 (4.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 72 (0.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,764 (100%)
Native: 9,274 (94.98%)
--Born in United States: 9,219 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,067 (72.38%)
----Different state: 2,152 (22.04%)
--Born outside United States: 55 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 490 (5.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 106 (1.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 355 (3.64%)
--Not a citizen: 135 (1.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 490 (100%)
Europe: 181 (36.94%)
Asia: 153 (31.22%)
Africa: 20 (4.08%)
Oceania: 13 (2.65%)
Latin America: 21 (4.29%)
Northern America: 102 (20.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,108 (100%)
English only: 8,574 (94.14%)
Language other than English: 534 (5.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.94%)
--Spanish: 90 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 336 (3.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 96 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,764 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,448% (127.49%)
Arab: 249 (2.55%)
Czech: 113 (1.16%)
Danish: 49 (0.5%)
Dutch: 238 (2.44%)
English: 1,771 (18.14%)
French (except Basque): 420 (4.3%)
French Canadian: 170 (1.74%)
German: 2,413 (24.71%)
Greek: 223 (2.28%)
Hungarian: 69 (0.71%)
Irish: 1,784 (18.27%)
Italian: 1,009 (10.33%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 204 (2.09%)
Polish: 942 (9.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 45 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 259 (2.65%)
Scottish: 492 (5.04%)
Slovak: 31 (0.32%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 174 (1.78%)
Swiss: 35 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 88 (0.9%)
United States or American: 345 (3.53%)
Welsh: 100 (1.02%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,197 (12.26%)

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