Ionia, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2640860, place: Ionia city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,227 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 108 (4.85%)
Kindergarten: 136 (6.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 926 (41.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 804 (36.1%)
College or graduate school: 253 (11.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,763 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 371 (6.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 803 (13.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,302 (39.94%)
Some college, no degree: 1,399 (24.28%)
Associate degree: 359 (6.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 315 (5.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 214 (3.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,024 (100%)
Never married: 3,803 (42.14%)
Now married, except separated: 3,719 (41.21%)
Separated: 229 (2.54%)
Total Widowed: 445 (4.93%)
Widowed Female: 314 (3.48%)
Total Divorced: 828 (9.18%)
Divorced Female: 400 (4.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 85 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (36.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,670 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 708 (8.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,726 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (9.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,387 (100%)
--With a disability: 750 (22.14%)
----Percent employed: 64.1%
--No disability: 2,637 (77.86%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 600 (100%)
--With a disability: 285 (47.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,145 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,514 (44.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,456 (53.78%)
--Same county: 2,203 (21.72%)
--Different county: 3,253 (32.07%)
----Same state: 2,788 (27.48%)
----Different state: 465 (4.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 175 (1.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,653 (100%)
Native: 10,376 (97.4%)
--Born in United States: 10,311 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,809 (82.69%)
----Different state: 1,502 (14.1%)
--Born outside United States: 65 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 277 (2.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 95 (0.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 96 (0.9%)
--Not a citizen: 181 (1.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 277 (100%)
Europe: 42 (15.16%)
Asia: 56 (20.22%)
Africa: 3 (1.08%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 142 (51.26%)
Northern America: 34 (12.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,145 (100%)
English only: 9,259 (91.27%)
Language other than English: 886 (8.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 265 (2.61%)
--Spanish: 620 (6.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 184 (1.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 146 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 48 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,653 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,733% (81.98%)
Arab: 60 (0.56%)
Czech: 83 (0.78%)
Danish: 73 (0.69%)
Dutch: 306 (2.87%)
English: 819 (7.69%)
French (except Basque): 232 (2.18%)
French Canadian: 134 (1.26%)
German: 1,683 (15.8%)
Greek: 10 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 50 (0.47%)
Irish: 929 (8.72%)
Italian: 232 (2.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 79 (0.74%)
Polish: 213 (2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 30 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 118 (1.11%)
Scottish: 208 (1.95%)
Slovak: 2 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 226 (2.12%)
Swedish: 124 (1.16%)
Swiss: 6 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.16%)
United States or American: 626 (5.88%)
Welsh: 35 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 2,430 (22.81%)

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