Kettering, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3940040, place: Kettering city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,260 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,032 (7.24%)
Kindergarten: 747 (5.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,011 (42.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,818 (19.76%)
College or graduate school: 3,652 (25.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 40,174 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 777 (1.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,850 (7.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,755 (26.77%)
Some college, no degree: 9,923 (24.7%)
Associate degree: 3,411 (8.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,925 (19.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,533 (11.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 46,817 (100%)
Never married: 11,087 (23.68%)
Now married, except separated: 26,183 (55.93%)
Separated: 454 (0.97%)
Total Widowed: 3,783 (8.08%)
Widowed Female: 3,055 (6.53%)
Total Divorced: 5,310 (11.34%)
Divorced Female: 3,150 (6.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 497 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 302 (60.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 44,370 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,838 (15.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,401 (100%)
--With a disability: 756 (6.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 32,198 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,430 (13.76%)
----Percent employed: 62.4%
--No disability: 27,768 (86.24%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 10,148 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,482 (34.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 54,206 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,569 (58.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 22,242 (41.03%)
--Same county: 14,688 (27.1%)
--Different county: 7,554 (13.94%)
----Same state: 4,197 (7.74%)
----Different state: 3,357 (6.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 395 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 57,531 (100%)
Native: 55,973 (97.29%)
--Born in United States: 55,454 (100%)
----State of residence: 40,830 (70.97%)
----Different state: 14,624 (25.42%)
--Born outside United States: 519 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 1,558 (2.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 477 (0.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,010 (1.76%)
--Not a citizen: 548 (0.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,558 (100%)
Europe: 676 (43.39%)
Asia: 671 (43.07%)
Africa: 38 (2.44%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 89 (5.71%)
Northern America: 84 (5.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 54,206 (100%)
English only: 51,686 (95.35%)
Language other than English: 2,520 (4.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 985 (1.82%)
--Spanish: 778 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 251 (0.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,156 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 390 (0.72%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 446 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 278 (0.51%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 57,531 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 62,583% (108.78%)
Arab: 194 (0.34%)
Czech: 313 (0.54%)
Danish: 117 (0.2%)
Dutch: 1,366 (2.37%)
English: 7,303 (12.69%)
French (except Basque): 2,086 (3.63%)
French Canadian: 369 (0.64%)
German: 19,450 (33.81%)
Greek: 350 (0.61%)
Hungarian: 763 (1.33%)
Irish: 8,915 (15.5%)
Italian: 2,695 (4.68%)
Lithuanian: 157 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 366 (0.64%)
Polish: 1,357 (2.36%)
Portuguese: 84 (0.15%)
Russian: 250 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,267 (2.2%)
Scottish: 1,563 (2.72%)
Slovak: 226 (0.39%)
Subsaharan African: 39 (0.07%)
Swedish: 441 (0.77%)
Swiss: 358 (0.62%)
Ukrainian: 123 (0.21%)
United States or American: 4,970 (8.64%)
Welsh: 686 (1.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 55 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 6,720 (11.68%)

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