Vassar, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2681840, place: Vassar city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 955 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (4.4%)
Kindergarten: 78 (8.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 280 (29.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 444 (46.49%)
College or graduate school: 111 (11.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,579 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 83 (5.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 189 (11.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 632 (40.03%)
Some college, no degree: 361 (22.86%)
Associate degree: 101 (6.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 136 (8.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 77 (4.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,225 (100%)
Never married: 763 (34.29%)
Now married, except separated: 1,089 (48.94%)
Separated: 35 (1.57%)
Total Widowed: 130 (5.84%)
Widowed Female: 111 (4.99%)
Total Divorced: 208 (9.35%)
Divorced Female: 132 (5.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 75 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (20%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,839 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 246 (13.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 644 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (8.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,363 (100%)
--With a disability: 174 (12.77%)
----Percent employed: 56.9%
--No disability: 1,189 (87.23%)
----Percent employed: 76.8%
Population 65 years and over: 330 (100%)
--With a disability: 144 (43.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,628 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,436 (54.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,180 (44.9%)
--Same county: 574 (21.84%)
--Different county: 606 (23.06%)
----Same state: 516 (19.63%)
----Different state: 90 (3.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,788 (100%)
Native: 2,782 (99.78%)
--Born in United States: 2,750 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,388 (85.65%)
----Different state: 362 (12.98%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (1.15%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 1 (16.67%)
Asia: 2 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 3 (50%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,628 (100%)
English only: 2,547 (96.92%)
Language other than English: 81 (3.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.27%)
--Spanish: 19 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 55 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,788 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,736% (98.13%)
Arab: 7 (0.25%)
Czech: 5 (0.18%)
Danish: 4 (0.14%)
Dutch: 74 (2.65%)
English: 316 (11.33%)
French (except Basque): 146 (5.24%)
French Canadian: 80 (2.87%)
German: 803 (28.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 64 (2.3%)
Irish: 307 (11.01%)
Italian: 32 (1.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.75%)
Polish: 142 (5.09%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.14%)
Russian: 12 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (1.43%)
Scottish: 76 (2.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.39%)
Swedish: 8 (0.29%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.47%)
United States or American: 160 (5.74%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 405 (14.53%)

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