Akron, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3901000, place: Akron city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 59,258 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,915 (6.61%)
Kindergarten: 3,923 (6.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 25,092 (42.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 11,253 (18.99%)
College or graduate school: 15,075 (25.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 139,480 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6,157 (4.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 21,767 (15.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 49,418 (35.43%)
Some college, no degree: 30,322 (21.74%)
Associate degree: 6,706 (4.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 16,589 (11.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8,521 (6.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 170,087 (100%)
Never married: 56,094 (32.98%)
Now married, except separated: 73,417 (43.16%)
Separated: 3,492 (2.05%)
Total Widowed: 13,623 (8.01%)
Widowed Female: 11,179 (6.57%)
Total Divorced: 23,461 (13.79%)
Divorced Female: 13,557 (7.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,844 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,101 (54.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 162,068 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 21,148 (13.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 49,361 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,924 (9.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 121,322 (100%)
--With a disability: 26,197 (21.59%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 95,125 (78.41%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 28,626 (100%)
--With a disability: 12,754 (44.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 201,588 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 111,048 (55.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 87,615 (43.46%)
--Same county: 64,192 (31.84%)
--Different county: 23,423 (11.62%)
----Same state: 14,650 (7.27%)
----Different state: 8,773 (4.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,925 (1.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 217,088 (100%)
Native: 210,177 (96.82%)
--Born in United States: 208,964 (100%)
----State of residence: 164,197 (75.64%)
----Different state: 44,767 (20.62%)
--Born outside United States: 1,213 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 6,911 (3.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,313 (1.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,181 (1.47%)
--Not a citizen: 3,730 (1.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,911 (100%)
Europe: 2,687 (38.88%)
Asia: 3,099 (44.84%)
Africa: 197 (2.85%)
Oceania: 37 (0.54%)
Latin America: 576 (8.33%)
Northern America: 315 (4.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 201,588 (100%)
English only: 189,917 (94.21%)
Language other than English: 11,671 (5.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,323 (2.14%)
--Spanish: 3,122 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,011 (0.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,155 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,688 (0.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,325 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,272 (0.63%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 217,088 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 223,267% (102.85%)
Arab: 1,453 (0.67%)
Czech: 1,063 (0.49%)
Danish: 209 (0.1%)
Dutch: 3,053 (1.41%)
English: 15,720 (7.24%)
French (except Basque): 3,834 (1.77%)
French Canadian: 469 (0.22%)
German: 39,203 (18.06%)
Greek: 1,267 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 4,025 (1.85%)
Irish: 24,927 (11.48%)
Italian: 14,705 (6.77%)
Lithuanian: 423 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 783 (0.36%)
Polish: 5,200 (2.4%)
Portuguese: 70 (0.03%)
Russian: 1,469 (0.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,991 (1.38%)
Scottish: 3,134 (1.44%)
Slovak: 2,479 (1.14%)
Subsaharan African: 3,687 (1.7%)
Swedish: 1,629 (0.75%)
Swiss: 976 (0.45%)
Ukrainian: 844 (0.39%)
United States or American: 13,911 (6.41%)
Welsh: 2,390 (1.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 378 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 72,975 (33.62%)

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