Bedford, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3904878, place: Bedford city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,074 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 198 (6.44%)
Kindergarten: 158 (5.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,359 (44.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 679 (22.09%)
College or graduate school: 680 (22.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,365 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 315 (3.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,419 (13.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,141 (39.95%)
Some college, no degree: 2,004 (19.33%)
Associate degree: 601 (5.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,314 (12.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 571 (5.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,762 (100%)
Never married: 3,268 (27.78%)
Now married, except separated: 5,823 (49.51%)
Separated: 206 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 1,124 (9.56%)
Widowed Female: 886 (7.53%)
Total Divorced: 1,341 (11.4%)
Divorced Female: 774 (6.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 218 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 71 (32.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,298 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,628 (14.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,455 (100%)
--With a disability: 304 (12.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,343 (16.24%)
----Percent employed: 58.6%
--No disability: 6,928 (83.76%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,671 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,388 (51.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,397 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,933 (59.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,325 (39.75%)
--Same county: 3,892 (29.05%)
--Different county: 1,433 (10.7%)
----Same state: 971 (7.25%)
----Different state: 462 (3.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 139 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,214 (100%)
Native: 13,747 (96.71%)
--Born in United States: 13,671 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,988 (77.3%)
----Different state: 2,683 (18.88%)
--Born outside United States: 76 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 467 (3.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 166 (1.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 267 (1.88%)
--Not a citizen: 200 (1.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 467 (100%)
Europe: 206 (44.11%)
Asia: 160 (34.26%)
Africa: 27 (5.78%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 45 (9.64%)
Northern America: 29 (6.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,397 (100%)
English only: 12,612 (94.14%)
Language other than English: 785 (5.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 246 (1.84%)
--Spanish: 190 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 408 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 163 (1.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 66 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,214 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,852% (118.56%)
Arab: 46 (0.32%)
Czech: 526 (3.7%)
Danish: 8 (0.06%)
Dutch: 186 (1.31%)
English: 1,032 (7.26%)
French (except Basque): 193 (1.36%)
French Canadian: 60 (0.42%)
German: 2,719 (19.13%)
Greek: 39 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 841 (5.92%)
Irish: 1,887 (13.28%)
Italian: 1,532 (10.78%)
Lithuanian: 128 (0.9%)
Norwegian: 37 (0.26%)
Polish: 1,656 (11.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 159 (1.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 168 (1.18%)
Scottish: 296 (2.08%)
Slovak: 711 (5%)
Subsaharan African: 57 (0.4%)
Swedish: 147 (1.03%)
Swiss: 13 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 69 (0.49%)
United States or American: 647 (4.55%)
Welsh: 156 (1.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 57 (0.4%)
Other ancestries: 3,482 (24.5%)

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