Mount Vernon, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3953102, place: Mount Vernon city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,311 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 245 (7.4%)
Kindergarten: 204 (6.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,564 (47.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 695 (20.99%)
College or graduate school: 603 (18.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,556 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 417 (4.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,479 (15.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,772 (39.47%)
Some college, no degree: 1,718 (17.98%)
Associate degree: 437 (4.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,041 (10.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 692 (7.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,570 (100%)
Never married: 2,694 (23.28%)
Now married, except separated: 5,859 (50.64%)
Separated: 238 (2.06%)
Total Widowed: 1,091 (9.43%)
Widowed Female: 908 (7.85%)
Total Divorced: 1,688 (14.59%)
Divorced Female: 1,026 (8.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 161 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 65 (40.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,071 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,351 (12.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,041 (100%)
--With a disability: 381 (12.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,819 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,852 (23.69%)
----Percent employed: 55.8%
--No disability: 5,967 (76.31%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,332 (100%)
--With a disability: 972 (41.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,511 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,468 (47.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,982 (51.68%)
--Same county: 4,766 (35.27%)
--Different county: 2,216 (16.4%)
----Same state: 1,488 (11.01%)
----Different state: 728 (5.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 61 (0.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,561 (100%)
Native: 14,335 (98.45%)
--Born in United States: 14,244 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,686 (80.26%)
----Different state: 2,558 (17.57%)
--Born outside United States: 91 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 226 (1.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 52 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 134 (0.92%)
--Not a citizen: 92 (0.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 226 (100%)
Europe: 108 (47.79%)
Asia: 59 (26.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 15 (6.64%)
Latin America: 24 (10.62%)
Northern America: 20 (8.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,511 (100%)
English only: 12,919 (95.62%)
Language other than English: 592 (4.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 138 (1.02%)
--Spanish: 234 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 286 (2.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 42 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,561 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,533% (86.07%)
Arab: 33 (0.23%)
Czech: 41 (0.28%)
Danish: 10 (0.07%)
Dutch: 374 (2.57%)
English: 1,500 (10.3%)
French (except Basque): 428 (2.94%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.19%)
German: 2,866 (19.68%)
Greek: 80 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 88 (0.6%)
Irish: 1,819 (12.49%)
Italian: 406 (2.79%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 65 (0.45%)
Polish: 136 (0.93%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 71 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 147 (1.01%)
Scottish: 163 (1.12%)
Slovak: 27 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 90 (0.62%)
Swiss: 94 (0.65%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.14%)
United States or American: 2,275 (15.62%)
Welsh: 152 (1.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,614 (11.08%)

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