General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2652180, place: Mason city, Michigan)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,777 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 106 (5.97%)
Kindergarten: 39 (2.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 859 (48.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 416 (23.41%)
College or graduate school: 357 (20.09%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 4,445 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 171 (3.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 302 (6.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,315 (29.58%)
Some college, no degree: 1,131 (25.44%)
Associate degree: 359 (8.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 786 (17.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 381 (8.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 5,372 (100%)
Never married: 1,357 (25.26%)
Now married, except separated: 2,875 (53.52%)
Separated: 95 (1.77%)
Total Widowed: 365 (6.79%)
Widowed Female: 295 (5.49%)
Total Divorced: 680 (12.66%)
Divorced Female: 487 (9.07%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 59 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (59.32%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 5,018 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 620 (12.36%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,554 (100%)
--With a disability: 201 (12.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,835 (100%)
--With a disability: 739 (19.27%)
----Percent employed: 70.5%
--No disability: 3,096 (80.73%)
----Percent employed: 89.2%
Population 65 years and over: 964 (100%)
--With a disability: 448 (46.47%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 6,365 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,557 (55.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,777 (43.63%)
--Same county: 1,898 (29.82%)
--Different county: 879 (13.81%)
----Same state: 611 (9.6%)
----Different state: 268 (4.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (0.49%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 6,715 (100%)
Native: 6,489 (96.63%)
--Born in United States: 6,458 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,350 (79.67%)
----Different state: 1,108 (16.5%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 226 (3.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 56 (0.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 136 (2.03%)
--Not a citizen: 90 (1.34%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 226 (100%)
Europe: 73 (32.3%)
Asia: 110 (48.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (11.5%)
Northern America: 17 (7.52%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 6,365 (100%)
English only: 5,961 (93.65%)
Language other than English: 404 (6.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (2.12%)
--Spanish: 121 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 181 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 102 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.61%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 6,715 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,669% (114.21%)
Arab: 21 (0.31%)
Czech: 26 (0.39%)
Danish: 108 (1.61%)
Dutch: 265 (3.95%)
English: 1,289 (19.2%)
French (except Basque): 304 (4.53%)
French Canadian: 105 (1.56%)
German: 1,901 (28.31%)
Greek: 9 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 63 (0.94%)
Irish: 848 (12.63%)
Italian: 316 (4.71%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 92 (1.37%)
Polish: 205 (3.05%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 56 (0.83%)
Scotch-Irish: 190 (2.83%)
Scottish: 330 (4.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 160 (2.38%)
Swiss: 51 (0.76%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.12%)
United States or American: 429 (6.39%)
Welsh: 44 (0.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 829 (12.35%)
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