Ironwood, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2641060, place: Ironwood city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,521 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 101 (6.64%)
Kindergarten: 81 (5.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 619 (40.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 398 (26.17%)
College or graduate school: 322 (21.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,395 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 154 (3.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 454 (10.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,660 (37.77%)
Some college, no degree: 1,019 (23.19%)
Associate degree: 390 (8.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 466 (10.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 252 (5.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,155 (100%)
Never married: 1,238 (24.02%)
Now married, except separated: 2,659 (51.58%)
Separated: 55 (1.07%)
Total Widowed: 627 (12.16%)
Widowed Female: 475 (9.21%)
Total Divorced: 576 (11.17%)
Divorced Female: 331 (6.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (52.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,890 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 967 (19.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,327 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (13.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,062 (100%)
--With a disability: 729 (23.81%)
----Percent employed: 43.9%
--No disability: 2,333 (76.19%)
----Percent employed: 75%
Population 65 years and over: 1,390 (100%)
--With a disability: 581 (41.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,934 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,884 (65.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,028 (34.18%)
--Same county: 1,235 (20.81%)
--Different county: 793 (13.36%)
----Same state: 258 (4.35%)
----Different state: 535 (9.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,291 (100%)
Native: 6,209 (98.7%)
--Born in United States: 6,185 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,164 (66.19%)
----Different state: 2,021 (32.13%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 82 (1.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 75 (1.19%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 82 (100%)
Europe: 82 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,934 (100%)
English only: 5,626 (94.81%)
Language other than English: 308 (5.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (1.43%)
--Spanish: 76 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 126 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,291 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,236% (130.92%)
Arab: 13 (0.21%)
Czech: 74 (1.18%)
Danish: 12 (0.19%)
Dutch: 16 (0.25%)
English: 656 (10.43%)
French (except Basque): 349 (5.55%)
French Canadian: 141 (2.24%)
German: 1,068 (16.98%)
Greek: 12 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.24%)
Irish: 554 (8.81%)
Italian: 930 (14.78%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 200 (3.18%)
Polish: 791 (12.57%)
Portuguese: 26 (0.41%)
Russian: 37 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 53 (0.84%)
Scottish: 81 (1.29%)
Slovak: 165 (2.62%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 596 (9.47%)
Swiss: 6 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.08%)
United States or American: 341 (5.42%)
Welsh: 6 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,089 (33.21%)

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