West Bloomfield Township, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2685510, place: West Bloomfield Township CDP, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,436 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,766 (9.58%)
Kindergarten: 896 (4.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,070 (43.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,009 (21.75%)
College or graduate school: 3,695 (20.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 44,416 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,218 (2.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,764 (3.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,286 (14.15%)
Some college, no degree: 8,239 (18.55%)
Associate degree: 2,369 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 12,819 (28.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11,721 (26.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 55.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 50,665 (100%)
Never married: 9,796 (19.33%)
Now married, except separated: 34,446 (67.99%)
Separated: 204 (0.4%)
Total Widowed: 3,005 (5.93%)
Widowed Female: 2,436 (4.81%)
Total Divorced: 3,214 (6.34%)
Divorced Female: 2,028 (4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 742 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 108 (14.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 47,910 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,593 (9.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,290 (100%)
--With a disability: 503 (3.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 37,540 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,724 (9.92%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
--No disability: 33,816 (90.08%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 8,179 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,366 (28.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 60,599 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 35,618 (58.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 22,561 (37.23%)
--Same county: 15,752 (25.99%)
--Different county: 6,809 (11.24%)
----Same state: 3,296 (5.44%)
----Different state: 3,513 (5.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,420 (3.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 64,804 (100%)
Native: 52,563 (81.11%)
--Born in United States: 52,153 (100%)
----State of residence: 40,168 (61.98%)
----Different state: 11,985 (18.49%)
--Born outside United States: 410 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 12,241 (18.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,502 (6.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,501 (11.57%)
--Not a citizen: 4,740 (7.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12,241 (100%)
Europe: 3,474 (28.38%)
Asia: 7,233 (59.09%)
Africa: 193 (1.58%)
Oceania: 45 (0.37%)
Latin America: 561 (4.58%)
Northern America: 735 (6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 60,599 (100%)
English only: 45,767 (75.52%)
Language other than English: 14,832 (24.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,786 (7.9%)
--Spanish: 1,033 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 273 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,151 (8.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,407 (2.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,988 (4.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,476 (2.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 64,804 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 70,503% (108.79%)
Arab: 2,092 (3.23%)
Czech: 481 (0.74%)
Danish: 184 (0.28%)
Dutch: 815 (1.26%)
English: 4,846 (7.48%)
French (except Basque): 1,677 (2.59%)
French Canadian: 685 (1.06%)
German: 7,252 (11.19%)
Greek: 543 (0.84%)
Hungarian: 1,271 (1.96%)
Irish: 4,668 (7.2%)
Italian: 2,707 (4.18%)
Lithuanian: 451 (0.7%)
Norwegian: 354 (0.55%)
Polish: 5,964 (9.2%)
Portuguese: 103 (0.16%)
Russian: 6,071 (9.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 674 (1.04%)
Scottish: 1,009 (1.56%)
Slovak: 120 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 155 (0.24%)
Swedish: 697 (1.08%)
Swiss: 113 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 737 (1.14%)
United States or American: 2,976 (4.59%)
Welsh: 347 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 76 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 23,435 (36.16%)

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