Ironton, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3937464, place: Ironton city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,536 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 114 (4.5%)
Kindergarten: 127 (5.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,133 (44.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 639 (25.2%)
College or graduate school: 523 (20.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,897 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 572 (7.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,376 (17.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,154 (39.94%)
Some college, no degree: 1,534 (19.43%)
Associate degree: 401 (5.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 530 (6.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 330 (4.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,303 (100%)
Never married: 1,913 (20.56%)
Now married, except separated: 4,601 (49.46%)
Separated: 172 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 1,207 (12.97%)
Widowed Female: 1,021 (10.97%)
Total Divorced: 1,410 (15.16%)
Divorced Female: 882 (9.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 217 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 136 (62.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,828 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,276 (14.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,277 (100%)
--With a disability: 340 (14.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,974 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,937 (32.42%)
----Percent employed: 42.4%
--No disability: 4,037 (67.58%)
----Percent employed: 67%
Population 65 years and over: 2,184 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,083 (49.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,697 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,841 (63.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,813 (35.65%)
--Same county: 2,834 (26.49%)
--Different county: 979 (9.15%)
----Same state: 298 (2.79%)
----Different state: 681 (6.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 43 (0.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,286 (100%)
Native: 11,195 (99.19%)
--Born in United States: 11,175 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,904 (70.03%)
----Different state: 3,271 (28.98%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 91 (0.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 57 (0.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 63 (0.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 91 (100%)
Europe: 17 (18.68%)
Asia: 55 (60.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (14.29%)
Northern America: 6 (6.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,697 (100%)
English only: 10,450 (97.69%)
Language other than English: 247 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.45%)
--Spanish: 104 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 87 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 46 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,286 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,137% (72.1%)
Arab: 26 (0.23%)
Czech: 18 (0.16%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 137 (1.21%)
English: 1,089 (9.65%)
French (except Basque): 126 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.34%)
German: 1,561 (13.83%)
Greek: 11 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.12%)
Irish: 1,312 (11.63%)
Italian: 87 (0.77%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.13%)
Polish: 37 (0.33%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 99 (0.88%)
Scottish: 121 (1.07%)
Slovak: 22 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.19%)
Swedish: 24 (0.21%)
Swiss: 16 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,042 (18.09%)
Welsh: 205 (1.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,116 (9.89%)

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