Southfield, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2674900, place: Southfield city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 21,319 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,346 (6.31%)
Kindergarten: 875 (4.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,778 (36.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,240 (19.89%)
College or graduate school: 7,080 (33.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 55,416 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,251 (4.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,760 (8.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,707 (19.32%)
Some college, no degree: 13,718 (24.75%)
Associate degree: 3,660 (6.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,970 (21.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8,350 (15.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 64,505 (100%)
Never married: 20,545 (31.85%)
Now married, except separated: 29,506 (45.74%)
Separated: 1,212 (1.88%)
Total Widowed: 5,442 (8.44%)
Widowed Female: 4,556 (7.06%)
Total Divorced: 7,800 (12.09%)
Divorced Female: 5,082 (7.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,632 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 699 (42.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 61,462 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,649 (10.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 15,015 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,144 (7.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 46,991 (100%)
--With a disability: 8,816 (18.76%)
----Percent employed: 61.3%
--No disability: 38,175 (81.24%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 11,243 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,262 (46.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 73,974 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 38,133 (51.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 33,102 (44.75%)
--Same county: 14,293 (19.32%)
--Different county: 18,809 (25.43%)
----Same state: 14,583 (19.71%)
----Different state: 4,226 (5.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,739 (3.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 78,296 (100%)
Native: 67,312 (85.97%)
--Born in United States: 66,872 (100%)
----State of residence: 47,311 (60.43%)
----Different state: 19,561 (24.98%)
--Born outside United States: 440 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 10,984 (14.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,159 (6.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,800 (7.41%)
--Not a citizen: 5,184 (6.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,984 (100%)
Europe: 2,655 (24.17%)
Asia: 6,181 (56.27%)
Africa: 903 (8.22%)
Oceania: 38 (0.35%)
Latin America: 571 (5.2%)
Northern America: 636 (5.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 73,974 (100%)
English only: 61,210 (82.75%)
Language other than English: 12,764 (17.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,485 (7.41%)
--Spanish: 1,587 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 569 (0.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,340 (5.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,695 (2.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,476 (2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 665 (0.9%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 78,296 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 76,927% (98.25%)
Arab: 1,607 (2.05%)
Czech: 200 (0.26%)
Danish: 139 (0.18%)
Dutch: 476 (0.61%)
English: 2,490 (3.18%)
French (except Basque): 1,087 (1.39%)
French Canadian: 549 (0.7%)
German: 4,029 (5.15%)
Greek: 222 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 616 (0.79%)
Irish: 2,719 (3.47%)
Italian: 1,252 (1.6%)
Lithuanian: 199 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 186 (0.24%)
Polish: 3,114 (3.98%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.03%)
Russian: 2,514 (3.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 408 (0.52%)
Scottish: 614 (0.78%)
Slovak: 116 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 2,044 (2.61%)
Swedish: 268 (0.34%)
Swiss: 37 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 488 (0.62%)
United States or American: 1,890 (2.41%)
Welsh: 187 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 499 (0.64%)
Other ancestries: 48,956 (62.53%)

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