Kent City, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2642780, place: Kent City village, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 291 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (7.9%)
Kindergarten: 15 (5.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 153 (52.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 76 (26.12%)
College or graduate school: 24 (8.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 557 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 48 (8.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 65 (11.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 240 (43.09%)
Some college, no degree: 113 (20.29%)
Associate degree: 50 (8.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (5.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (1.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 718 (100%)
Never married: 175 (24.37%)
Now married, except separated: 401 (55.85%)
Separated: 4 (0.56%)
Total Widowed: 44 (6.13%)
Widowed Female: 39 (5.43%)
Total Divorced: 94 (13.09%)
Divorced Female: 63 (8.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (20%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 645 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 80 (12.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 288 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (9.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 534 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (18.91%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 433 (81.09%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 78 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (37.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 900 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 478 (53.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 400 (44.44%)
--Same county: 228 (25.33%)
--Different county: 172 (19.11%)
----Same state: 116 (12.89%)
----Different state: 56 (6.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22 (2.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,034 (100%)
Native: 925 (89.46%)
--Born in United States: 905 (100%)
----State of residence: 767 (74.18%)
----Different state: 138 (13.35%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (1.93%)
Foreign born: 109 (10.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 74 (7.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (1.16%)
--Not a citizen: 97 (9.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 109 (100%)
Europe: 5 (4.59%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 102 (93.58%)
Northern America: 2 (1.83%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 900 (100%)
English only: 757 (84.11%)
Language other than English: 143 (15.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 104 (11.56%)
--Spanish: 137 (15.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 102 (11.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,034 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,021% (98.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.87%)
Danish: 7 (0.68%)
Dutch: 112 (10.83%)
English: 95 (9.19%)
French (except Basque): 58 (5.61%)
French Canadian: 14 (1.35%)
German: 162 (15.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 78 (7.54%)
Italian: 1 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.29%)
Polish: 34 (3.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 9 (0.87%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.58%)
Swedish: 29 (2.8%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.19%)
United States or American: 210 (20.31%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 190 (18.38%)

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