Oberlin, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3957834, place: Oberlin city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,017 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 163 (4.06%)
Kindergarten: 42 (1.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 595 (14.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 316 (7.87%)
College or graduate school: 2,901 (72.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,985 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 106 (2.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 437 (10.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 836 (20.98%)
Some college, no degree: 850 (21.33%)
Associate degree: 113 (2.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 683 (17.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 960 (24.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,248 (100%)
Never married: 3,625 (50.01%)
Now married, except separated: 2,447 (33.76%)
Separated: 102 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 574 (7.92%)
Widowed Female: 508 (7.01%)
Total Divorced: 500 (6.9%)
Divorced Female: 270 (3.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (47.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,040 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 638 (9.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,748 (100%)
--With a disability: 202 (7.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,031 (100%)
--With a disability: 496 (12.3%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 3,535 (87.7%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,068 (100%)
--With a disability: 337 (31.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,991 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,316 (41.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,451 (55.7%)
--Same county: 1,334 (16.69%)
--Different county: 3,117 (39.01%)
----Same state: 506 (6.33%)
----Different state: 2,611 (32.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 224 (2.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,257 (100%)
Native: 7,817 (94.67%)
--Born in United States: 7,689 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,481 (42.16%)
----Different state: 4,208 (50.96%)
--Born outside United States: 128 (1.55%)
Foreign born: 440 (5.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 201 (2.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 201 (2.43%)
--Not a citizen: 239 (2.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 440 (100%)
Europe: 143 (32.5%)
Asia: 205 (46.59%)
Africa: 13 (2.95%)
Oceania: 2 (0.45%)
Latin America: 65 (14.77%)
Northern America: 12 (2.73%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,991 (100%)
English only: 7,251 (90.74%)
Language other than English: 740 (9.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (1.8%)
--Spanish: 192 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (0.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 321 (4.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 157 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,257 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,547% (115.62%)
Arab: 41 (0.5%)
Czech: 91 (1.1%)
Danish: 77 (0.93%)
Dutch: 98 (1.19%)
English: 1,284 (15.55%)
French (except Basque): 224 (2.71%)
French Canadian: 34 (0.41%)
German: 1,406 (17.03%)
Greek: 48 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 115 (1.39%)
Irish: 876 (10.61%)
Italian: 401 (4.86%)
Lithuanian: 31 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 76 (0.92%)
Polish: 384 (4.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 269 (3.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 236 (2.86%)
Scottish: 367 (4.44%)
Slovak: 26 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 125 (1.51%)
Swedish: 90 (1.09%)
Swiss: 68 (0.82%)
Ukrainian: 63 (0.76%)
United States or American: 202 (2.45%)
Welsh: 118 (1.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 2,775 (33.61%)

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