U.S. Beacon March 28, 2024

West Branch, MI

Ogemaw County, Michigan

Latitude: 44.275461     Longitude: -84.237893
Population 1,905 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2685580, place: West Branch city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 501 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (11.58%)
Kindergarten: 33 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 224 (44.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 80 (15.97%)
College or graduate school: 106 (21.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,285 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 65 (5.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 144 (11.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 433 (33.7%)
Some college, no degree: 350 (27.24%)
Associate degree: 50 (3.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 173 (13.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70 (5.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,520 (100%)
Never married: 437 (28.75%)
Now married, except separated: 672 (44.21%)
Separated: 37 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 152 (10%)
Widowed Female: 130 (8.55%)
Total Divorced: 222 (14.61%)
Divorced Female: 139 (9.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (54.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,441 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 178 (12.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 434 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (8.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,005 (100%)
--With a disability: 200 (19.9%)
----Percent employed: 47%
--No disability: 805 (80.1%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 319 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (58.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,800 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 862 (47.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 923 (51.28%)
--Same county: 509 (28.28%)
--Different county: 414 (23%)
----Same state: 329 (18.28%)
----Different state: 85 (4.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,941 (100%)
Native: 1,905 (98.15%)
--Born in United States: 1,896 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,621 (83.51%)
----Different state: 275 (14.17%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 36 (1.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (1.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.41%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (1.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 36 (100%)
Europe: 8 (22.22%)
Asia: 25 (69.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (8.33%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,800 (100%)
English only: 1,723 (95.72%)
Language other than English: 77 (4.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (1.17%)
--Spanish: 22 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.72%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,941 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,962% (101.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.46%)
Danish: 3 (0.15%)
Dutch: 66 (3.4%)
English: 244 (12.57%)
French (except Basque): 155 (7.99%)
French Canadian: 61 (3.14%)
German: 642 (33.08%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.82%)
Irish: 168 (8.66%)
Italian: 62 (3.19%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.67%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.46%)
Polish: 88 (4.53%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (2.06%)
Scottish: 60 (3.09%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 26 (1.34%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.21%)
United States or American: 100 (5.15%)
Welsh: 3 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 188 (9.69%)

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