Ludington, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2649640, place: Ludington city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,927 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 140 (7.27%)
Kindergarten: 81 (4.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 984 (51.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 453 (23.51%)
College or graduate school: 269 (13.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,694 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 315 (5.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 706 (12.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,890 (33.19%)
Some college, no degree: 1,400 (24.59%)
Associate degree: 355 (6.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 642 (11.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 386 (6.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,741 (100%)
Never married: 1,540 (22.85%)
Now married, except separated: 3,419 (50.72%)
Separated: 118 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 792 (11.75%)
Widowed Female: 652 (9.67%)
Total Divorced: 872 (12.94%)
Divorced Female: 531 (7.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 105 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (44.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,380 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,046 (16.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,825 (100%)
--With a disability: 210 (11.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,317 (100%)
--With a disability: 821 (19.02%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
--No disability: 3,496 (80.98%)
----Percent employed: 79.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,553 (100%)
--With a disability: 688 (44.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,888 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,010 (50.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,825 (48.49%)
--Same county: 1,917 (24.3%)
--Different county: 1,908 (24.19%)
----Same state: 1,048 (13.29%)
----Different state: 860 (10.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,411 (100%)
Native: 8,270 (98.32%)
--Born in United States: 8,254 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,607 (78.55%)
----Different state: 1,647 (19.58%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.19%)
Foreign born: 141 (1.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 86 (1.02%)
--Not a citizen: 55 (0.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 141 (100%)
Europe: 57 (40.43%)
Asia: 17 (12.06%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 42 (29.79%)
Northern America: 25 (17.73%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,888 (100%)
English only: 7,556 (95.79%)
Language other than English: 332 (4.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (1.33%)
--Spanish: 171 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (1.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 135 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,411 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,588% (113.99%)
Arab: 11 (0.13%)
Czech: 74 (0.88%)
Danish: 240 (2.85%)
Dutch: 293 (3.48%)
English: 945 (11.24%)
French (except Basque): 436 (5.18%)
French Canadian: 133 (1.58%)
German: 2,314 (27.51%)
Greek: 19 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 69 (0.82%)
Irish: 1,113 (13.23%)
Italian: 228 (2.71%)
Lithuanian: 118 (1.4%)
Norwegian: 203 (2.41%)
Polish: 838 (9.96%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 128 (1.52%)
Scottish: 123 (1.46%)
Slovak: 10 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.04%)
Swedish: 598 (7.11%)
Swiss: 21 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 427 (5.08%)
Welsh: 41 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,199 (14.26%)

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