Norfolk, NE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3134615, place: Norfolk city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,537 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 355 (5.43%)
Kindergarten: 358 (5.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,694 (41.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,527 (23.36%)
College or graduate school: 1,603 (24.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,289 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,116 (7.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,222 (8.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,458 (31.2%)
Some college, no degree: 3,388 (23.71%)
Associate degree: 1,403 (9.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,932 (13.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 770 (5.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,545 (100%)
Never married: 5,364 (28.92%)
Now married, except separated: 10,079 (54.35%)
Separated: 187 (1.01%)
Total Widowed: 1,347 (7.26%)
Widowed Female: 1,191 (6.42%)
Total Divorced: 1,568 (8.46%)
Divorced Female: 800 (4.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 246 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 103 (41.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,430 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,068 (11.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 402 (6.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,517 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,911 (15.27%)
----Percent employed: 64.7%
--No disability: 10,606 (84.73%)
----Percent employed: 85.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,137 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,324 (42.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,877 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,859 (49.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,663 (48.74%)
--Same county: 5,945 (27.17%)
--Different county: 4,718 (21.57%)
----Same state: 3,156 (14.43%)
----Different state: 1,562 (7.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 355 (1.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,539 (100%)
Native: 22,388 (95.11%)
--Born in United States: 22,216 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,312 (73.55%)
----Different state: 4,904 (20.83%)
--Born outside United States: 172 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 1,151 (4.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 770 (3.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 337 (1.43%)
--Not a citizen: 814 (3.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,151 (100%)
Europe: 46 (4%)
Asia: 160 (13.9%)
Africa: 9 (0.78%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 936 (81.32%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,877 (100%)
English only: 19,954 (91.21%)
Language other than English: 1,923 (8.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,081 (4.94%)
--Spanish: 1,571 (7.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 965 (4.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 230 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 92 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,539 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,296% (111.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 1,172 (4.98%)
Danish: 714 (3.03%)
Dutch: 484 (2.06%)
English: 1,547 (6.57%)
French (except Basque): 499 (2.12%)
French Canadian: 90 (0.38%)
German: 11,730 (49.83%)
Greek: 31 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.03%)
Irish: 2,763 (11.74%)
Italian: 234 (0.99%)
Lithuanian: 42 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 683 (2.9%)
Polish: 424 (1.8%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.03%)
Russian: 73 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 276 (1.17%)
Scottish: 186 (0.79%)
Slovak: 2 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.04%)
Swedish: 1,278 (5.43%)
Swiss: 90 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.04%)
United States or American: 890 (3.78%)
Welsh: 142 (0.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,914 (12.38%)

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