Linden, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2647820, place: Linden city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 739 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (3.92%)
Kindergarten: 29 (3.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 351 (47.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 153 (20.7%)
College or graduate school: 177 (23.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,980 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 33 (1.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 158 (7.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 682 (34.44%)
Some college, no degree: 513 (25.91%)
Associate degree: 193 (9.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 289 (14.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 112 (5.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,284 (100%)
Never married: 471 (20.62%)
Now married, except separated: 1,403 (61.43%)
Separated: 19 (0.83%)
Total Widowed: 180 (7.88%)
Widowed Female: 151 (6.61%)
Total Divorced: 211 (9.24%)
Divorced Female: 145 (6.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (34.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,153 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 283 (13.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 616 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (10.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,587 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (11.97%)
----Percent employed: 55.8%
--No disability: 1,397 (88.03%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 474 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (33.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,677 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,400 (52.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,273 (47.55%)
--Same county: 590 (22.04%)
--Different county: 683 (25.51%)
----Same state: 591 (22.08%)
----Different state: 92 (3.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,861 (100%)
Native: 2,802 (97.94%)
--Born in United States: 2,787 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,378 (83.12%)
----Different state: 409 (14.3%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 59 (2.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (1.12%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (0.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 59 (100%)
Europe: 33 (55.93%)
Asia: 10 (16.95%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 16 (27.12%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,677 (100%)
English only: 2,601 (97.16%)
Language other than English: 76 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.64%)
--Spanish: 11 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 60 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,861 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,371% (117.83%)
Arab: 4 (0.14%)
Czech: 54 (1.89%)
Danish: 10 (0.35%)
Dutch: 130 (4.54%)
English: 476 (16.64%)
French (except Basque): 194 (6.78%)
French Canadian: 90 (3.15%)
German: 581 (20.31%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 37 (1.29%)
Irish: 474 (16.57%)
Italian: 129 (4.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 40 (1.4%)
Polish: 212 (7.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 71 (2.48%)
Scottish: 121 (4.23%)
Slovak: 4 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 51 (1.78%)
Swiss: 4 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.14%)
United States or American: 208 (7.27%)
Welsh: 31 (1.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 439 (15.34%)

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