Jenison, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2641680, place: Jenison CDP, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,309 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 354 (6.67%)
Kindergarten: 303 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,412 (45.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,352 (25.47%)
College or graduate school: 888 (16.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,852 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 348 (3.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 801 (7.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,466 (31.94%)
Some college, no degree: 2,831 (26.09%)
Associate degree: 854 (7.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,909 (17.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 643 (5.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,190 (100%)
Never married: 2,731 (20.71%)
Now married, except separated: 9,023 (68.41%)
Separated: 73 (0.55%)
Total Widowed: 759 (5.75%)
Widowed Female: 664 (5.03%)
Total Divorced: 604 (4.58%)
Divorced Female: 370 (2.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 181 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 81 (44.75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,245 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,661 (13.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,611 (100%)
--With a disability: 358 (7.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,315 (100%)
--With a disability: 937 (10.06%)
----Percent employed: 66.1%
--No disability: 8,378 (89.94%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,081 (100%)
--With a disability: 740 (35.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,117 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,643 (66.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,416 (33.6%)
--Same county: 2,067 (12.82%)
--Different county: 3,349 (20.78%)
----Same state: 2,651 (16.45%)
----Different state: 698 (4.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 58 (0.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,236 (100%)
Native: 16,760 (97.24%)
--Born in United States: 16,667 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,235 (82.59%)
----Different state: 2,432 (14.11%)
--Born outside United States: 93 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 476 (2.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 118 (0.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 328 (1.9%)
--Not a citizen: 148 (0.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 476 (100%)
Europe: 307 (64.5%)
Asia: 76 (15.97%)
Africa: 16 (3.36%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (8.61%)
Northern America: 36 (7.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,117 (100%)
English only: 15,420 (95.68%)
Language other than English: 697 (4.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (0.85%)
--Spanish: 302 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 344 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 51 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,236 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,902% (115.47%)
Arab: 8 (0.05%)
Czech: 105 (0.61%)
Danish: 90 (0.52%)
Dutch: 7,218 (41.88%)
English: 1,731 (10.04%)
French (except Basque): 618 (3.59%)
French Canadian: 325 (1.89%)
German: 3,440 (19.96%)
Greek: 14 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 61 (0.35%)
Irish: 1,559 (9.05%)
Italian: 508 (2.95%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 190 (1.1%)
Polish: 986 (5.72%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 52 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 187 (1.08%)
Scottish: 334 (1.94%)
Slovak: 34 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 297 (1.72%)
Swiss: 53 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 30 (0.17%)
United States or American: 671 (3.89%)
Welsh: 44 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,334 (7.74%)

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