Ferguson, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2923986, place: Ferguson city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,773 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 462 (6.82%)
Kindergarten: 295 (4.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,262 (48.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,553 (22.93%)
College or graduate school: 1,201 (17.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,569 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 868 (6.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,687 (12.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,094 (30.17%)
Some college, no degree: 3,506 (25.84%)
Associate degree: 947 (6.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,529 (11.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 938 (6.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,686 (100%)
Never married: 5,449 (32.66%)
Now married, except separated: 7,327 (43.91%)
Separated: 571 (3.42%)
Total Widowed: 1,337 (8.01%)
Widowed Female: 1,093 (6.55%)
Total Divorced: 2,002 (12%)
Divorced Female: 1,211 (7.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 462 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 181 (39.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,462 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,133 (13.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,988 (100%)
--With a disability: 638 (10.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,611 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,581 (22.23%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
--No disability: 9,030 (77.77%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,661 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,080 (40.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,504 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,361 (55.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,866 (43.24%)
--Same county: 4,630 (22.58%)
--Different county: 4,236 (20.66%)
----Same state: 3,098 (15.11%)
----Different state: 1,138 (5.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 277 (1.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,090 (100%)
Native: 21,738 (98.41%)
--Born in United States: 21,664 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,599 (75.14%)
----Different state: 5,065 (22.93%)
--Born outside United States: 74 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 352 (1.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 54 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 223 (1.01%)
--Not a citizen: 129 (0.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 352 (100%)
Europe: 116 (32.95%)
Asia: 61 (17.33%)
Africa: 44 (12.5%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 122 (34.66%)
Northern America: 9 (2.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,504 (100%)
English only: 19,704 (96.1%)
Language other than English: 800 (3.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 271 (1.32%)
--Spanish: 512 (2.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 214 (1.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 207 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 43 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,090 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,109% (100.09%)
Arab: 19 (0.09%)
Czech: 50 (0.23%)
Danish: 44 (0.2%)
Dutch: 267 (1.21%)
English: 1,309 (5.93%)
French (except Basque): 728 (3.3%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.13%)
German: 3,527 (15.97%)
Greek: 85 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 77 (0.35%)
Irish: 1,903 (8.61%)
Italian: 634 (2.87%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 51 (0.23%)
Polish: 369 (1.67%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.06%)
Russian: 50 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 287 (1.3%)
Scottish: 193 (0.87%)
Slovak: 13 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 294 (1.33%)
Swedish: 112 (0.51%)
Swiss: 66 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.09%)
United States or American: 700 (3.17%)
Welsh: 80 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 11,138 (50.42%)

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