South Lyon, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2675100, place: South Lyon city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,337 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 284 (12.15%)
Kindergarten: 165 (7.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 950 (40.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 422 (18.06%)
College or graduate school: 516 (22.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,887 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 175 (2.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 542 (7.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,851 (26.88%)
Some college, no degree: 1,701 (24.7%)
Associate degree: 459 (6.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,471 (21.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 688 (9.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,836 (100%)
Never married: 1,662 (21.21%)
Now married, except separated: 4,579 (58.44%)
Separated: 78 (1%)
Total Widowed: 612 (7.81%)
Widowed Female: 516 (6.58%)
Total Divorced: 905 (11.55%)
Divorced Female: 572 (7.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (35.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,573 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 869 (11.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,888 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (2.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,737 (100%)
--With a disability: 620 (10.81%)
----Percent employed: 54.7%
--No disability: 5,117 (89.19%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,516 (100%)
--With a disability: 628 (41.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,141 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,294 (36.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,817 (63.64%)
--Same county: 2,392 (26.17%)
--Different county: 3,425 (37.47%)
----Same state: 2,624 (28.71%)
----Different state: 801 (8.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30 (0.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,040 (100%)
Native: 9,666 (96.27%)
--Born in United States: 9,613 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,411 (73.81%)
----Different state: 2,202 (21.93%)
--Born outside United States: 53 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 374 (3.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 86 (0.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 234 (2.33%)
--Not a citizen: 140 (1.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 374 (100%)
Europe: 205 (54.81%)
Asia: 47 (12.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 33 (8.82%)
Northern America: 89 (23.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,141 (100%)
English only: 8,795 (96.21%)
Language other than English: 346 (3.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (1.76%)
--Spanish: 123 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 178 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,040 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,272% (122.23%)
Arab: 10 (0.1%)
Czech: 55 (0.55%)
Danish: 172 (1.71%)
Dutch: 269 (2.68%)
English: 1,424 (14.18%)
French (except Basque): 592 (5.9%)
French Canadian: 340 (3.39%)
German: 2,553 (25.43%)
Greek: 29 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 188 (1.87%)
Irish: 1,524 (15.18%)
Italian: 658 (6.55%)
Lithuanian: 32 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 56 (0.56%)
Polish: 1,054 (10.5%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.19%)
Russian: 58 (0.58%)
Scotch-Irish: 300 (2.99%)
Scottish: 581 (5.79%)
Slovak: 40 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 198 (1.97%)
Swiss: 23 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 53 (0.53%)
United States or American: 528 (5.26%)
Welsh: 78 (0.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,438 (14.32%)

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