Monroe, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2655020, place: Monroe city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,799 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 435 (7.5%)
Kindergarten: 337 (5.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,784 (48.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,369 (23.61%)
College or graduate school: 874 (15.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,325 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 994 (6.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,966 (13.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,853 (33.88%)
Some college, no degree: 3,202 (22.35%)
Associate degree: 913 (6.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,467 (10.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 930 (6.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,221 (100%)
Never married: 4,779 (27.75%)
Now married, except separated: 8,773 (50.94%)
Separated: 275 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 1,333 (7.74%)
Widowed Female: 1,079 (6.27%)
Total Divorced: 2,061 (11.97%)
Divorced Female: 1,155 (6.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 407 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 208 (51.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,304 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,007 (12.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,220 (100%)
--With a disability: 431 (8.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,921 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,141 (17.96%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 9,780 (82.04%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 3,092 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,449 (46.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,712 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,013 (58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,518 (41.13%)
--Same county: 6,156 (29.72%)
--Different county: 2,362 (11.4%)
----Same state: 1,359 (6.56%)
----Different state: 1,003 (4.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 181 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,349 (100%)
Native: 21,706 (97.12%)
--Born in United States: 21,606 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,869 (71.01%)
----Different state: 5,737 (25.67%)
--Born outside United States: 100 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 643 (2.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 232 (1.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 321 (1.44%)
--Not a citizen: 322 (1.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 643 (100%)
Europe: 218 (33.9%)
Asia: 162 (25.19%)
Africa: 35 (5.44%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 134 (20.84%)
Northern America: 94 (14.62%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,712 (100%)
English only: 19,618 (94.72%)
Language other than English: 1,094 (5.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 390 (1.88%)
--Spanish: 406 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 478 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 193 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 132 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,349 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 24,164% (108.12%)
Arab: 67 (0.3%)
Czech: 137 (0.61%)
Danish: 31 (0.14%)
Dutch: 497 (2.22%)
English: 1,806 (8.08%)
French (except Basque): 2,305 (10.31%)
French Canadian: 493 (2.21%)
German: 5,798 (25.94%)
Greek: 77 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 325 (1.45%)
Irish: 2,815 (12.6%)
Italian: 1,633 (7.31%)
Lithuanian: 39 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 189 (0.85%)
Polish: 1,269 (5.68%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.02%)
Russian: 34 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 288 (1.29%)
Scottish: 300 (1.34%)
Slovak: 98 (0.44%)
Subsaharan African: 78 (0.35%)
Swedish: 193 (0.86%)
Swiss: 31 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 30 (0.13%)
United States or American: 1,733 (7.75%)
Welsh: 100 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 3,776 (16.9%)

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