Bedford Heights, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3904920, place: Bedford Heights city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,827 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 114 (4.03%)
Kindergarten: 140 (4.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,238 (43.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 608 (21.51%)
College or graduate school: 727 (25.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,916 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 241 (3.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,151 (14.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,601 (32.86%)
Some college, no degree: 2,001 (25.28%)
Associate degree: 651 (8.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 865 (10.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 406 (5.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,334 (100%)
Never married: 2,880 (30.85%)
Now married, except separated: 4,182 (44.8%)
Separated: 188 (2.01%)
Total Widowed: 646 (6.92%)
Widowed Female: 517 (5.54%)
Total Divorced: 1,438 (15.41%)
Divorced Female: 873 (9.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 376 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 124 (32.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,883 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,155 (13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,282 (100%)
--With a disability: 262 (11.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,991 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,390 (19.88%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 5,601 (80.12%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 1,447 (100%)
--With a disability: 634 (43.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,784 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,627 (61.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,096 (37.98%)
--Same county: 3,250 (30.14%)
--Different county: 846 (7.84%)
----Same state: 406 (3.76%)
----Different state: 440 (4.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 61 (0.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,375 (100%)
Native: 11,132 (97.86%)
--Born in United States: 11,124 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,861 (69.11%)
----Different state: 3,263 (28.69%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.07%)
Foreign born: 243 (2.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 71 (0.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 105 (0.92%)
--Not a citizen: 138 (1.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 243 (100%)
Europe: 65 (26.75%)
Asia: 84 (34.57%)
Africa: 4 (1.65%)
Oceania: 15 (6.17%)
Latin America: 71 (29.22%)
Northern America: 4 (1.65%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,784 (100%)
English only: 10,305 (95.56%)
Language other than English: 479 (4.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (1.4%)
--Spanish: 146 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 232 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 44 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,375 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,842% (95.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 154 (1.35%)
Danish: 4 (0.04%)
Dutch: 83 (0.73%)
English: 258 (2.27%)
French (except Basque): 69 (0.61%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.14%)
German: 526 (4.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 239 (2.1%)
Irish: 465 (4.09%)
Italian: 655 (5.76%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 318 (2.8%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 30 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 57 (0.5%)
Scottish: 69 (0.61%)
Slovak: 203 (1.78%)
Subsaharan African: 137 (1.2%)
Swedish: 4 (0.04%)
Swiss: 4 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 25 (0.22%)
United States or American: 183 (1.61%)
Welsh: 33 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 52 (0.46%)
Other ancestries: 7,233 (63.59%)

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