Wapakoneta, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3980766, place: Wapakoneta city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,256 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 170 (7.54%)
Kindergarten: 114 (5.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,112 (49.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 503 (22.3%)
College or graduate school: 357 (15.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,151 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 289 (4.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 795 (12.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,833 (46.06%)
Some college, no degree: 1,062 (17.27%)
Associate degree: 410 (6.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 515 (8.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 247 (4.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,457 (100%)
Never married: 1,611 (21.6%)
Now married, except separated: 3,981 (53.39%)
Separated: 96 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 836 (11.21%)
Widowed Female: 695 (9.32%)
Total Divorced: 933 (12.51%)
Divorced Female: 481 (6.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 74 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (54.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,010 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,122 (16.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,062 (100%)
--With a disability: 264 (12.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,096 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,035 (20.31%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 4,061 (79.69%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,285 (100%)
--With a disability: 535 (41.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,755 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,561 (52.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,187 (47.82%)
--Same county: 2,681 (30.62%)
--Different county: 1,506 (17.2%)
----Same state: 1,038 (11.86%)
----Different state: 468 (5.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,464 (100%)
Native: 9,379 (99.1%)
--Born in United States: 9,331 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,060 (85.16%)
----Different state: 1,271 (13.43%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 85 (0.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 31 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (0.35%)
--Not a citizen: 52 (0.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 85 (100%)
Europe: 37 (43.53%)
Asia: 15 (17.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (9.41%)
Northern America: 25 (29.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,755 (100%)
English only: 8,586 (98.07%)
Language other than English: 169 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.37%)
--Spanish: 94 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 41 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,464 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,078% (95.92%)
Arab: 7 (0.07%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 15 (0.16%)
Dutch: 189 (2%)
English: 938 (9.91%)
French (except Basque): 218 (2.3%)
French Canadian: 78 (0.82%)
German: 4,083 (43.14%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.14%)
Irish: 962 (10.16%)
Italian: 258 (2.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 39 (0.41%)
Polish: 75 (0.79%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 83 (0.88%)
Scottish: 133 (1.41%)
Slovak: 11 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 44 (0.46%)
Swiss: 37 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.02%)
United States or American: 1,004 (10.61%)
Welsh: 88 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 795 (8.4%)

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