Rockford, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2669080, place: Rockford city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,434 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 133 (9.27%)
Kindergarten: 135 (9.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 697 (48.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 277 (19.32%)
College or graduate school: 192 (13.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,736 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 62 (2.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 224 (8.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 705 (25.77%)
Some college, no degree: 749 (27.38%)
Associate degree: 232 (8.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 566 (20.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 198 (7.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,292 (100%)
Never married: 766 (23.27%)
Now married, except separated: 1,925 (58.48%)
Separated: 49 (1.49%)
Total Widowed: 201 (6.11%)
Widowed Female: 170 (5.16%)
Total Divorced: 351 (10.66%)
Divorced Female: 273 (8.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (35.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,064 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 326 (10.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,269 (100%)
--With a disability: 119 (9.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,492 (100%)
--With a disability: 321 (12.88%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
--No disability: 2,171 (87.12%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 411 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (56.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,172 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,027 (48.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,137 (51.22%)
--Same county: 1,481 (35.5%)
--Different county: 656 (15.72%)
----Same state: 409 (9.8%)
----Different state: 247 (5.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,626 (100%)
Native: 4,525 (97.82%)
--Born in United States: 4,497 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,800 (82.14%)
----Different state: 697 (15.07%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 101 (2.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (1.19%)
--Not a citizen: 46 (0.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 101 (100%)
Europe: 28 (27.72%)
Asia: 52 (51.49%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (14.85%)
Northern America: 6 (5.94%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,172 (100%)
English only: 4,038 (96.79%)
Language other than English: 134 (3.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.53%)
--Spanish: 45 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 65 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,626 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,583% (120.69%)
Arab: 27 (0.58%)
Czech: 44 (0.95%)
Danish: 143 (3.09%)
Dutch: 842 (18.2%)
English: 618 (13.36%)
French (except Basque): 256 (5.53%)
French Canadian: 73 (1.58%)
German: 1,107 (23.93%)
Greek: 57 (1.23%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.24%)
Irish: 611 (13.21%)
Italian: 144 (3.11%)
Lithuanian: 41 (0.89%)
Norwegian: 45 (0.97%)
Polish: 570 (12.32%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.19%)
Russian: 22 (0.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 71 (1.53%)
Scottish: 128 (2.77%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 89 (1.92%)
Swiss: 33 (0.71%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.15%)
United States or American: 188 (4.06%)
Welsh: 32 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 415 (8.97%)

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