Harper Woods, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2636700, place: Harper Woods city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,402 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 264 (7.76%)
Kindergarten: 162 (4.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,420 (41.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 686 (20.16%)
College or graduate school: 870 (25.57%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,263 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 456 (4.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,090 (10.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,730 (26.6%)
Some college, no degree: 2,599 (25.32%)
Associate degree: 518 (5.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,810 (17.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,060 (10.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,602 (100%)
Never married: 3,063 (26.4%)
Now married, except separated: 5,865 (50.55%)
Separated: 98 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 1,164 (10.03%)
Widowed Female: 973 (8.39%)
Total Divorced: 1,412 (12.17%)
Divorced Female: 871 (7.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 179 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 63 (35.2%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,086 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,192 (10.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,646 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (7.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,871 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,157 (14.7%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 6,714 (85.3%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,694 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,085 (40.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,352 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,724 (57.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,372 (40.23%)
--Same county: 3,263 (24.44%)
--Different county: 2,109 (15.8%)
----Same state: 1,645 (12.32%)
----Different state: 464 (3.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 256 (1.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,254 (100%)
Native: 13,393 (93.96%)
--Born in United States: 13,336 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,335 (79.52%)
----Different state: 2,001 (14.04%)
--Born outside United States: 57 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 861 (6.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 225 (1.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 549 (3.85%)
--Not a citizen: 312 (2.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 861 (100%)
Europe: 379 (44.02%)
Asia: 255 (29.62%)
Africa: 14 (1.63%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 47 (5.46%)
Northern America: 166 (19.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,352 (100%)
English only: 12,250 (91.75%)
Language other than English: 1,102 (8.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 380 (2.85%)
--Spanish: 151 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 745 (5.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 240 (1.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 111 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,254 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,736% (124.43%)
Arab: 328 (2.3%)
Czech: 74 (0.52%)
Danish: 11 (0.08%)
Dutch: 201 (1.41%)
English: 1,110 (7.79%)
French (except Basque): 871 (6.11%)
French Canadian: 427 (3%)
German: 2,835 (19.89%)
Greek: 252 (1.77%)
Hungarian: 147 (1.03%)
Irish: 2,302 (16.15%)
Italian: 2,031 (14.25%)
Lithuanian: 95 (0.67%)
Norwegian: 69 (0.48%)
Polish: 2,133 (14.96%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 78 (0.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 269 (1.89%)
Scottish: 369 (2.59%)
Slovak: 54 (0.38%)
Subsaharan African: 65 (0.46%)
Swedish: 152 (1.07%)
Swiss: 27 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 87 (0.61%)
United States or American: 403 (2.83%)
Welsh: 88 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 3,239 (22.72%)

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