Grand Forks, ND

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3832060, place: Grand Forks city, North Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,425 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 666 (3.61%)
Kindergarten: 568 (3.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,645 (25.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,688 (14.59%)
College or graduate school: 9,858 (53.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 27,429 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,270 (4.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,655 (6.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,528 (23.8%)
Some college, no degree: 7,497 (27.33%)
Associate degree: 2,171 (7.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,438 (19.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,870 (10.46%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 40,638 (100%)
Never married: 16,422 (40.41%)
Now married, except separated: 18,450 (45.4%)
Separated: 325 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 2,239 (5.51%)
Widowed Female: 1,882 (4.63%)
Total Divorced: 3,202 (7.88%)
Divorced Female: 1,805 (4.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 203 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 105 (51.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 38,233 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,573 (11.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 12,538 (100%)
--With a disability: 994 (7.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,436 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,059 (14.27%)
----Percent employed: 63.7%
--No disability: 24,377 (85.73%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 4,422 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,629 (36.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 46,450 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,052 (41.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 26,461 (56.97%)
--Same county: 13,599 (29.28%)
--Different county: 12,862 (27.69%)
----Same state: 5,150 (11.09%)
----Different state: 7,712 (16.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 937 (2.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 49,282 (100%)
Native: 47,637 (96.66%)
--Born in United States: 47,250 (100%)
----State of residence: 31,060 (63.03%)
----Different state: 16,190 (32.85%)
--Born outside United States: 387 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 1,645 (3.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,007 (2.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 511 (1.04%)
--Not a citizen: 1,134 (2.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,645 (100%)
Europe: 452 (27.48%)
Asia: 434 (26.38%)
Africa: 41 (2.49%)
Oceania: 13 (0.79%)
Latin America: 166 (10.09%)
Northern America: 539 (32.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 46,450 (100%)
English only: 43,578 (93.82%)
Language other than English: 2,872 (6.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 832 (1.79%)
--Spanish: 1,005 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 398 (0.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,497 (3.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (0.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 253 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 49,282 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 66,457% (134.85%)
Arab: 122 (0.25%)
Czech: 1,724 (3.5%)
Danish: 496 (1.01%)
Dutch: 434 (0.88%)
English: 2,985 (6.06%)
French (except Basque): 3,182 (6.46%)
French Canadian: 618 (1.25%)
German: 17,106 (34.71%)
Greek: 68 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 73 (0.15%)
Irish: 5,242 (10.64%)
Italian: 665 (1.35%)
Lithuanian: 22 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 17,945 (36.41%)
Polish: 3,047 (6.18%)
Portuguese: 77 (0.16%)
Russian: 753 (1.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 700 (1.42%)
Scottish: 1,121 (2.27%)
Slovak: 92 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 51 (0.1%)
Swedish: 2,886 (5.86%)
Swiss: 116 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 202 (0.41%)
United States or American: 777 (1.58%)
Welsh: 175 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 5,746 (11.66%)

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