Lima, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3943554, place: Lima city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,591 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 719 (6.79%)
Kindergarten: 715 (6.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,783 (45.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,405 (22.71%)
College or graduate school: 1,969 (18.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,551 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,541 (6.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,430 (18.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,158 (41.38%)
Some college, no degree: 4,500 (18.33%)
Associate degree: 1,585 (6.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,595 (6.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 742 (3.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,964 (100%)
Never married: 10,389 (33.55%)
Now married, except separated: 12,677 (40.94%)
Separated: 652 (2.11%)
Total Widowed: 2,636 (8.51%)
Widowed Female: 2,168 (7%)
Total Divorced: 4,610 (14.89%)
Divorced Female: 2,448 (7.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 862 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 439 (50.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 29,259 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,236 (14.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,879 (100%)
--With a disability: 980 (9.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,849 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,080 (25.59%)
----Percent employed: 49.4%
--No disability: 14,769 (74.41%)
----Percent employed: 75.3%
Population 65 years and over: 5,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,293 (45.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 36,919 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,891 (51.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 17,743 (48.06%)
--Same county: 12,576 (34.06%)
--Different county: 5,167 (14%)
----Same state: 3,212 (8.7%)
----Different state: 1,955 (5.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 285 (0.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 40,263 (100%)
Native: 39,834 (98.93%)
--Born in United States: 39,641 (100%)
----State of residence: 31,383 (77.95%)
----Different state: 8,258 (20.51%)
--Born outside United States: 193 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 429 (1.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 141 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 253 (0.63%)
--Not a citizen: 176 (0.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 429 (100%)
Europe: 113 (26.34%)
Asia: 158 (36.83%)
Africa: 13 (3.03%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 96 (22.38%)
Northern America: 49 (11.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 36,919 (100%)
English only: 35,487 (96.12%)
Language other than English: 1,432 (3.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 420 (1.14%)
--Spanish: 797 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 237 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 392 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 130 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 225 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 40,263 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 36,164% (89.82%)
Arab: 58 (0.14%)
Czech: 71 (0.18%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 665 (1.65%)
English: 2,085 (5.18%)
French (except Basque): 660 (1.64%)
French Canadian: 162 (0.4%)
German: 8,405 (20.88%)
Greek: 50 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 81 (0.2%)
Irish: 4,437 (11.02%)
Italian: 1,182 (2.94%)
Lithuanian: 35 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.12%)
Polish: 311 (0.77%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.05%)
Russian: 71 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 355 (0.88%)
Scottish: 490 (1.22%)
Slovak: 15 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 589 (1.46%)
Swedish: 153 (0.38%)
Swiss: 162 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 40 (0.1%)
United States or American: 3,876 (9.63%)
Welsh: 472 (1.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 31 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 11,642 (28.91%)

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