Okemos, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2660340, place: Okemos CDP, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,458 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 469 (5.55%)
Kindergarten: 282 (3.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,600 (30.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,481 (17.51%)
College or graduate school: 3,626 (42.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,064 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 167 (1.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 252 (1.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,292 (9.19%)
Some college, no degree: 2,105 (14.97%)
Associate degree: 859 (6.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,300 (30.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,089 (36.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 66.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,328 (100%)
Never married: 5,689 (31.04%)
Now married, except separated: 10,432 (56.92%)
Separated: 104 (0.57%)
Total Widowed: 639 (3.49%)
Widowed Female: 550 (3%)
Total Divorced: 1,464 (7.99%)
Divorced Female: 939 (5.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 148 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (28.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,252 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,635 (9.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,199 (100%)
--With a disability: 472 (9.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,130 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,358 (9.61%)
----Percent employed: 66.8%
--No disability: 12,772 (90.39%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,756 (100%)
--With a disability: 458 (26.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,478 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,208 (47.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,539 (49.07%)
--Same county: 4,678 (21.78%)
--Different county: 5,861 (27.29%)
----Same state: 3,705 (17.25%)
----Different state: 2,156 (10.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 731 (3.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,686 (100%)
Native: 20,354 (89.72%)
--Born in United States: 20,244 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,879 (61.18%)
----Different state: 6,365 (28.06%)
--Born outside United States: 110 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 2,332 (10.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,103 (4.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,064 (4.69%)
--Not a citizen: 1,268 (5.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,332 (100%)
Europe: 441 (18.91%)
Asia: 1,508 (64.67%)
Africa: 124 (5.32%)
Oceania: 15 (0.64%)
Latin America: 113 (4.85%)
Northern America: 131 (5.62%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,478 (100%)
English only: 18,672 (86.94%)
Language other than English: 2,806 (13.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 775 (3.61%)
--Spanish: 336 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,334 (6.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 265 (1.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 939 (4.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 416 (1.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,686 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,272% (120.22%)
Arab: 339 (1.49%)
Czech: 136 (0.6%)
Danish: 94 (0.41%)
Dutch: 680 (3%)
English: 3,696 (16.29%)
French (except Basque): 802 (3.54%)
French Canadian: 391 (1.72%)
German: 5,678 (25.03%)
Greek: 162 (0.71%)
Hungarian: 244 (1.08%)
Irish: 2,650 (11.68%)
Italian: 1,129 (4.98%)
Lithuanian: 105 (0.46%)
Norwegian: 446 (1.97%)
Polish: 1,510 (6.66%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.09%)
Russian: 380 (1.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 428 (1.89%)
Scottish: 837 (3.69%)
Slovak: 53 (0.23%)
Subsaharan African: 210 (0.93%)
Swedish: 663 (2.92%)
Swiss: 199 (0.88%)
Ukrainian: 105 (0.46%)
United States or American: 779 (3.43%)
Welsh: 209 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 5,308 (23.4%)

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