Bridgeton, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2908398, place: Bridgeton city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,761 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 239 (6.35%)
Kindergarten: 150 (3.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,592 (42.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 962 (25.58%)
College or graduate school: 818 (21.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,701 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 490 (4.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 924 (8.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,263 (30.49%)
Some college, no degree: 2,584 (24.15%)
Associate degree: 636 (5.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,039 (19.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 765 (7.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,589 (100%)
Never married: 3,110 (24.7%)
Now married, except separated: 6,882 (54.67%)
Separated: 208 (1.65%)
Total Widowed: 955 (7.59%)
Widowed Female: 849 (6.74%)
Total Divorced: 1,434 (11.39%)
Divorced Female: 945 (7.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 347 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 218 (62.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,928 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,002 (16.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,053 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (9.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,973 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,447 (16.13%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
--No disability: 7,526 (83.87%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,255 (100%)
--With a disability: 813 (36.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,515 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,195 (63.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,231 (36.04%)
--Same county: 3,004 (20.7%)
--Different county: 2,227 (15.34%)
----Same state: 1,245 (8.58%)
----Different state: 982 (6.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 89 (0.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,255 (100%)
Native: 14,690 (96.3%)
--Born in United States: 14,609 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,560 (69.22%)
----Different state: 4,049 (26.54%)
--Born outside United States: 81 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 565 (3.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 251 (1.65%)
--Naturalized citizen: 300 (1.97%)
--Not a citizen: 265 (1.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 565 (100%)
Europe: 188 (33.27%)
Asia: 215 (38.05%)
Africa: 8 (1.42%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 154 (27.26%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,515 (100%)
English only: 13,717 (94.5%)
Language other than English: 798 (5.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 339 (2.34%)
--Spanish: 268 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 171 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 364 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 144 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (0.65%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,255 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,863% (110.54%)
Arab: 54 (0.35%)
Czech: 148 (0.97%)
Danish: 36 (0.24%)
Dutch: 214 (1.4%)
English: 1,523 (9.98%)
French (except Basque): 762 (5%)
French Canadian: 66 (0.43%)
German: 4,837 (31.71%)
Greek: 121 (0.79%)
Hungarian: 86 (0.56%)
Irish: 2,948 (19.32%)
Italian: 955 (6.26%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 144 (0.94%)
Polish: 416 (2.73%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.12%)
Russian: 77 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 277 (1.82%)
Scottish: 319 (2.09%)
Slovak: 19 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 145 (0.95%)
Swedish: 107 (0.7%)
Swiss: 83 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.11%)
United States or American: 844 (5.53%)
Welsh: 75 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 2,551 (16.72%)

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