Muskegon, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2656320, place: Muskegon city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,365 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 681 (6.57%)
Kindergarten: 686 (6.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,981 (48.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,144 (20.68%)
College or graduate school: 1,873 (18.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,104 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,826 (7.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,780 (15.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,308 (37.08%)
Some college, no degree: 6,244 (24.87%)
Associate degree: 1,756 (6.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,515 (6.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 675 (2.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 31,280 (100%)
Never married: 10,323 (33%)
Now married, except separated: 13,107 (41.9%)
Separated: 730 (2.33%)
Total Widowed: 2,425 (7.75%)
Widowed Female: 2,009 (6.42%)
Total Divorced: 4,695 (15.01%)
Divorced Female: 2,479 (7.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 943 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 514 (54.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 29,811 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,852 (12.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,994 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,259 (14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,171 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,729 (29.88%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 13,442 (70.12%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 4,508 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,206 (48.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 37,161 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,805 (50.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,957 (48.32%)
--Same county: 12,061 (32.46%)
--Different county: 5,896 (15.87%)
----Same state: 3,938 (10.6%)
----Different state: 1,958 (5.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 399 (1.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 40,136 (100%)
Native: 38,992 (97.15%)
--Born in United States: 38,712 (100%)
----State of residence: 30,947 (77.11%)
----Different state: 7,765 (19.35%)
--Born outside United States: 280 (0.7%)
Foreign born: 1,144 (2.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 633 (1.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 370 (0.92%)
--Not a citizen: 774 (1.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,144 (100%)
Europe: 151 (13.2%)
Asia: 234 (20.45%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 743 (64.95%)
Northern America: 16 (1.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 37,161 (100%)
English only: 34,650 (93.24%)
Language other than English: 2,511 (6.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,184 (3.19%)
--Spanish: 1,690 (4.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 843 (2.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 567 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 199 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 40,136 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 39,083% (97.38%)
Arab: 94 (0.23%)
Czech: 164 (0.41%)
Danish: 246 (0.61%)
Dutch: 2,669 (6.65%)
English: 2,594 (6.46%)
French (except Basque): 1,711 (4.26%)
French Canadian: 593 (1.48%)
German: 5,661 (14.1%)
Greek: 86 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 245 (0.61%)
Irish: 2,891 (7.2%)
Italian: 731 (1.82%)
Lithuanian: 68 (0.17%)
Norwegian: 617 (1.54%)
Polish: 1,519 (3.78%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 142 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 463 (1.15%)
Scottish: 312 (0.78%)
Slovak: 52 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 391 (0.97%)
Swedish: 1,448 (3.61%)
Swiss: 22 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 29 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,671 (4.16%)
Welsh: 111 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 14,543 (36.23%)

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