Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2635580, place: Grosse Pointe Woods city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,914 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 386 (7.86%)
Kindergarten: 205 (4.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,260 (45.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,043 (21.23%)
College or graduate school: 1,020 (20.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,802 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 149 (1.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 467 (3.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,897 (16.07%)
Some college, no degree: 2,529 (21.43%)
Associate degree: 713 (6.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,648 (30.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,399 (20.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 51.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,476 (100%)
Never married: 2,815 (20.89%)
Now married, except separated: 8,760 (65%)
Separated: 30 (0.22%)
Total Widowed: 1,054 (7.82%)
Widowed Female: 841 (6.24%)
Total Divorced: 817 (6.06%)
Divorced Female: 556 (4.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 77 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (51.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,614 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,602 (12.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,896 (100%)
--With a disability: 188 (4.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,080 (100%)
--With a disability: 851 (9.37%)
----Percent employed: 67.6%
--No disability: 8,229 (90.63%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,039 (100%)
--With a disability: 885 (29.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,080 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,557 (71.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,306 (26.78%)
--Same county: 2,169 (13.49%)
--Different county: 2,137 (13.29%)
----Same state: 1,516 (9.43%)
----Different state: 621 (3.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 217 (1.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,080 (100%)
Native: 15,947 (93.37%)
--Born in United States: 15,878 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,373 (78.3%)
----Different state: 2,505 (14.67%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 1,133 (6.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 247 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 825 (4.83%)
--Not a citizen: 308 (1.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,133 (100%)
Europe: 453 (39.98%)
Asia: 423 (37.33%)
Africa: 14 (1.24%)
Oceania: 22 (1.94%)
Latin America: 39 (3.44%)
Northern America: 182 (16.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,080 (100%)
English only: 14,431 (89.75%)
Language other than English: 1,649 (10.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 388 (2.41%)
--Spanish: 313 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 89 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,053 (6.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 244 (1.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 148 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,080 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,899% (128.21%)
Arab: 912 (5.34%)
Czech: 72 (0.42%)
Danish: 45 (0.26%)
Dutch: 307 (1.8%)
English: 1,810 (10.6%)
French (except Basque): 889 (5.2%)
French Canadian: 319 (1.87%)
German: 4,463 (26.13%)
Greek: 586 (3.43%)
Hungarian: 147 (0.86%)
Irish: 2,557 (14.97%)
Italian: 2,597 (15.2%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 188 (1.1%)
Polish: 2,058 (12.05%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.02%)
Russian: 132 (0.77%)
Scotch-Irish: 261 (1.53%)
Scottish: 885 (5.18%)
Slovak: 88 (0.52%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 284 (1.66%)
Swiss: 94 (0.55%)
Ukrainian: 180 (1.05%)
United States or American: 441 (2.58%)
Welsh: 103 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,445 (14.31%)

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