Mecosta, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2652760, place: Mecosta village, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 123 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (8.94%)
Kindergarten: 16 (13.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 51 (41.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 35 (28.46%)
College or graduate school: 10 (8.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 271 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (5.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 57 (21.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 118 (43.54%)
Some college, no degree: 48 (17.71%)
Associate degree: 12 (4.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 16 (5.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (1.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 338 (100%)
Never married: 88 (26.04%)
Now married, except separated: 163 (48.22%)
Separated: 14 (4.14%)
Total Widowed: 38 (11.24%)
Widowed Female: 28 (8.28%)
Total Divorced: 35 (10.36%)
Divorced Female: 18 (5.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (58.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 316 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 45 (14.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 111 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (9.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 232 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (24.14%)
----Percent employed: 51.8%
--No disability: 176 (75.86%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 66 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (39.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 409 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 263 (64.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 146 (35.7%)
--Same county: 84 (20.54%)
--Different county: 62 (15.16%)
----Same state: 53 (12.96%)
----Different state: 9 (2.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 459 (100%)
Native: 452 (98.47%)
--Born in United States: 450 (100%)
----State of residence: 401 (87.36%)
----Different state: 49 (10.68%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 7 (1.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 3 (42.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (28.57%)
Northern America: 2 (28.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 409 (100%)
English only: 388 (94.87%)
Language other than English: 21 (5.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 9 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 459 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 493% (107.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (1.31%)
Dutch: 18 (3.92%)
English: 53 (11.55%)
French (except Basque): 32 (6.97%)
French Canadian: 21 (4.58%)
German: 93 (20.26%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 40 (8.71%)
Italian: 5 (1.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 31 (6.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.44%)
Scottish: 7 (1.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.87%)
Swedish: 8 (1.74%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 79 (17.21%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 94 (20.48%)

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