Norton, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3957260, place: Norton city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,869 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 198 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 160 (5.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,270 (44.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 786 (27.4%)
College or graduate school: 455 (15.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,944 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 262 (3.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 892 (11.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,224 (40.58%)
Some college, no degree: 1,839 (23.15%)
Associate degree: 369 (4.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 984 (12.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 374 (4.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,275 (100%)
Never married: 1,921 (20.71%)
Now married, except separated: 5,859 (63.17%)
Separated: 114 (1.23%)
Total Widowed: 553 (5.96%)
Widowed Female: 444 (4.79%)
Total Divorced: 828 (8.93%)
Divorced Female: 405 (4.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 273 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 158 (57.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,713 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,375 (15.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,601 (100%)
--With a disability: 192 (7.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,565 (100%)
--With a disability: 969 (14.76%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
--No disability: 5,596 (85.24%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,768 (100%)
--With a disability: 600 (33.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,934 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,955 (72.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,965 (27.12%)
--Same county: 2,195 (20.07%)
--Different county: 770 (7.04%)
----Same state: 597 (5.46%)
----Different state: 173 (1.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,520 (100%)
Native: 11,303 (98.12%)
--Born in United States: 11,255 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,198 (79.84%)
----Different state: 2,057 (17.86%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 217 (1.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 56 (0.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 120 (1.04%)
--Not a citizen: 97 (0.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 217 (100%)
Europe: 158 (72.81%)
Asia: 15 (6.91%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (7.83%)
Northern America: 27 (12.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,934 (100%)
English only: 10,471 (95.77%)
Language other than English: 463 (4.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (1.12%)
--Spanish: 98 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 345 (3.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,520 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,640% (109.72%)
Arab: 24 (0.21%)
Czech: 104 (0.9%)
Danish: 9 (0.08%)
Dutch: 274 (2.38%)
English: 1,574 (13.66%)
French (except Basque): 288 (2.5%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.09%)
German: 3,318 (28.8%)
Greek: 89 (0.77%)
Hungarian: 454 (3.94%)
Irish: 1,566 (13.59%)
Italian: 846 (7.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 52 (0.45%)
Polish: 397 (3.45%)
Portuguese: 24 (0.21%)
Russian: 79 (0.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 176 (1.53%)
Scottish: 212 (1.84%)
Slovak: 432 (3.75%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 70 (0.61%)
Swiss: 69 (0.6%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.33%)
United States or American: 990 (8.59%)
Welsh: 127 (1.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,418 (12.31%)

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