Waterford, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2684220, place: Waterford CDP, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 17,984 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,486 (8.26%)
Kindergarten: 1,056 (5.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,305 (40.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,658 (20.34%)
College or graduate school: 4,479 (24.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 50,210 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,330 (2.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,084 (10.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 15,155 (30.18%)
Some college, no degree: 12,718 (25.33%)
Associate degree: 3,909 (7.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,684 (17.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,330 (6.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 58,844 (100%)
Never married: 14,630 (24.86%)
Now married, except separated: 32,703 (55.58%)
Separated: 499 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 3,462 (5.88%)
Widowed Female: 2,838 (4.82%)
Total Divorced: 7,550 (12.83%)
Divorced Female: 4,191 (7.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,000 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 479 (47.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 56,263 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,649 (11.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,966 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,033 (7.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 44,689 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,641 (14.86%)
----Percent employed: 64.5%
--No disability: 38,048 (85.14%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 7,641 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,207 (41.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 67,957 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 36,663 (53.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 30,022 (44.18%)
--Same county: 21,810 (32.09%)
--Different county: 8,212 (12.08%)
----Same state: 5,085 (7.48%)
----Different state: 3,127 (4.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,272 (1.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 73,162 (100%)
Native: 69,515 (95.02%)
--Born in United States: 69,213 (100%)
----State of residence: 56,731 (77.54%)
----Different state: 12,482 (17.06%)
--Born outside United States: 302 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 3,647 (4.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,723 (2.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,684 (2.3%)
--Not a citizen: 1,963 (2.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,647 (100%)
Europe: 1,446 (39.65%)
Asia: 892 (24.46%)
Africa: 62 (1.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 684 (18.76%)
Northern America: 563 (15.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 67,957 (100%)
English only: 62,845 (92.48%)
Language other than English: 5,112 (7.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,647 (2.42%)
--Spanish: 1,719 (2.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 593 (0.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,156 (3.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 693 (1.02%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 653 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 271 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 73,162 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 83,151% (113.65%)
Arab: 259 (0.35%)
Czech: 383 (0.52%)
Danish: 348 (0.48%)
Dutch: 1,669 (2.28%)
English: 10,169 (13.9%)
French (except Basque): 4,119 (5.63%)
French Canadian: 1,866 (2.55%)
German: 15,514 (21.2%)
Greek: 457 (0.62%)
Hungarian: 593 (0.81%)
Irish: 10,595 (14.48%)
Italian: 4,032 (5.51%)
Lithuanian: 339 (0.46%)
Norwegian: 568 (0.78%)
Polish: 6,070 (8.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 710 (0.97%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,237 (1.69%)
Scottish: 2,474 (3.38%)
Slovak: 161 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 156 (0.21%)
Swedish: 1,015 (1.39%)
Swiss: 170 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 370 (0.51%)
United States or American: 5,828 (7.97%)
Welsh: 477 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 68 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 13,504 (18.46%)

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