Whitmore Lake, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2687060, place: Whitmore Lake CDP, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,449 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 138 (9.52%)
Kindergarten: 58 (4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 579 (39.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 251 (17.32%)
College or graduate school: 423 (29.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,418 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 131 (2.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 329 (7.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,191 (26.96%)
Some college, no degree: 1,332 (30.15%)
Associate degree: 307 (6.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 773 (17.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 355 (8.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,080 (100%)
Never married: 1,206 (23.74%)
Now married, except separated: 2,958 (58.23%)
Separated: 44 (0.87%)
Total Widowed: 211 (4.15%)
Widowed Female: 158 (3.11%)
Total Divorced: 661 (13.01%)
Divorced Female: 432 (8.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 87 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,899 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 591 (12.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,099 (100%)
--With a disability: 78 (7.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,158 (100%)
--With a disability: 648 (15.58%)
----Percent employed: 69.8%
--No disability: 3,510 (84.42%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 460 (100%)
--With a disability: 208 (45.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,833 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,756 (47.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,930 (50.23%)
--Same county: 816 (13.99%)
--Different county: 2,114 (36.24%)
----Same state: 1,751 (30.02%)
----Different state: 363 (6.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 147 (2.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,374 (100%)
Native: 6,170 (96.8%)
--Born in United States: 6,119 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,732 (74.24%)
----Different state: 1,387 (21.76%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 204 (3.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 119 (1.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 82 (1.29%)
--Not a citizen: 122 (1.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 204 (100%)
Europe: 102 (50%)
Asia: 71 (34.8%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 31 (15.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,833 (100%)
English only: 5,559 (95.3%)
Language other than English: 274 (4.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.46%)
--Spanish: 79 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 122 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,374 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,864% (107.69%)
Arab: 41 (0.64%)
Czech: 69 (1.08%)
Danish: 134 (2.1%)
Dutch: 71 (1.11%)
English: 582 (9.13%)
French (except Basque): 473 (7.42%)
French Canadian: 200 (3.14%)
German: 1,394 (21.87%)
Greek: 9 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 63 (0.99%)
Irish: 761 (11.94%)
Italian: 304 (4.77%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 89 (1.4%)
Polish: 720 (11.3%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.2%)
Russian: 30 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 237 (3.72%)
Scottish: 206 (3.23%)
Slovak: 37 (0.58%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 84 (1.32%)
Swiss: 25 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.09%)
United States or American: 407 (6.39%)
Welsh: 45 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 838 (13.15%)

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