Galion, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3929162, place: Galion city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,706 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 251 (9.28%)
Kindergarten: 130 (4.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,299 (48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 734 (27.12%)
College or graduate school: 292 (10.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,486 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 472 (6.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,214 (16.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,444 (46.01%)
Some college, no degree: 1,228 (16.4%)
Associate degree: 492 (6.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 425 (5.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 211 (2.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,066 (100%)
Never married: 1,967 (21.7%)
Now married, except separated: 4,676 (51.58%)
Separated: 213 (2.35%)
Total Widowed: 879 (9.7%)
Widowed Female: 735 (8.11%)
Total Divorced: 1,331 (14.68%)
Divorced Female: 782 (8.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 146 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (56.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,507 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,295 (15.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,523 (100%)
--With a disability: 266 (10.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,361 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,466 (23.05%)
----Percent employed: 61%
--No disability: 4,895 (76.95%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,659 (100%)
--With a disability: 662 (39.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,658 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,798 (54.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,786 (44.91%)
--Same county: 3,269 (30.67%)
--Different county: 1,517 (14.23%)
----Same state: 1,019 (9.56%)
----Different state: 498 (4.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 74 (0.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,492 (100%)
Native: 11,418 (99.36%)
--Born in United States: 11,364 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,159 (79.7%)
----Different state: 2,205 (19.19%)
--Born outside United States: 54 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 74 (0.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 32 (0.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 53 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 74 (100%)
Europe: 17 (22.97%)
Asia: 47 (63.51%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (13.51%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,658 (100%)
English only: 10,346 (97.07%)
Language other than English: 312 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.64%)
--Spanish: 128 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 126 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 44 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,492 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,520% (91.54%)
Arab: 5 (0.04%)
Czech: 40 (0.35%)
Danish: 11 (0.1%)
Dutch: 188 (1.64%)
English: 1,074 (9.35%)
French (except Basque): 245 (2.13%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.31%)
German: 3,226 (28.07%)
Greek: 12 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 27 (0.23%)
Irish: 1,249 (10.87%)
Italian: 329 (2.86%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 40 (0.35%)
Polish: 145 (1.26%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 197 (1.71%)
Scottish: 154 (1.34%)
Slovak: 22 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (0.09%)
Swiss: 58 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.19%)
United States or American: 1,879 (16.35%)
Welsh: 77 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 1,439 (12.52%)

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