General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2657220, place: New Buffalo city, Michigan)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 471 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (2.76%)
Kindergarten: 40 (8.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 213 (45.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 126 (26.75%)
College or graduate school: 79 (16.77%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,534 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 40 (2.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 204 (13.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 575 (37.48%)
Some college, no degree: 358 (23.34%)
Associate degree: 91 (5.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 200 (13.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 66 (4.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,852 (100%)
Never married: 448 (24.19%)
Now married, except separated: 1,018 (54.97%)
Separated: 5 (0.27%)
Total Widowed: 146 (7.88%)
Widowed Female: 129 (6.97%)
Total Divorced: 235 (12.69%)
Divorced Female: 112 (6.05%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,752 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 283 (16.15%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 446 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (12.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,272 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (19.26%)
----Percent employed: 53.9%
--No disability: 1,027 (80.74%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
Population 65 years and over: 392 (100%)
--With a disability: 159 (40.56%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,110 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,275 (60.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 803 (38.06%)
--Same county: 450 (21.33%)
--Different county: 353 (16.73%)
----Same state: 39 (1.85%)
----Different state: 314 (14.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 32 (1.52%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,200 (100%)
Native: 2,131 (96.86%)
--Born in United States: 2,120 (100%)
----State of residence: 517 (23.5%)
----Different state: 1,603 (72.86%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 69 (3.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 51 (2.32%)
--Not a citizen: 18 (0.82%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 69 (100%)
Europe: 52 (75.36%)
Asia: 3 (4.35%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14 (20.29%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,110 (100%)
English only: 2,008 (95.17%)
Language other than English: 102 (4.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (1.85%)
--Spanish: 35 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 62 (2.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (1.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,200 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,695% (122.5%)
Arab: 3 (0.14%)
Czech: 126 (5.73%)
Danish: 5 (0.23%)
Dutch: 69 (3.14%)
English: 227 (10.32%)
French (except Basque): 62 (2.82%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.95%)
German: 696 (31.64%)
Greek: 10 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 26 (1.18%)
Irish: 321 (14.59%)
Italian: 177 (8.05%)
Lithuanian: 43 (1.95%)
Norwegian: 26 (1.18%)
Polish: 260 (11.82%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (1.77%)
Scottish: 48 (2.18%)
Slovak: 4 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 101 (4.59%)
Swiss: 4 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.32%)
United States or American: 132 (6%)
Welsh: 44 (2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 240 (10.91%)
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