Wooster, OH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3986548, place: Wooster city, Ohio)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,947 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 353 (5.08%)
Kindergarten: 344 (4.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,489 (35.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,278 (18.4%)
College or graduate school: 2,483 (35.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,837 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 644 (4.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,825 (11.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,370 (33.91%)
Some college, no degree: 2,852 (18.01%)
Associate degree: 806 (5.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,677 (16.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,663 (10.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,392 (100%)
Never married: 5,976 (29.31%)
Now married, except separated: 10,112 (49.59%)
Separated: 385 (1.89%)
Total Widowed: 1,367 (6.7%)
Widowed Female: 1,159 (5.68%)
Total Divorced: 2,552 (12.51%)
Divorced Female: 1,439 (7.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 327 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 151 (46.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,425 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,429 (12.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,854 (100%)
--With a disability: 504 (8.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,919 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,278 (16.37%)
----Percent employed: 56.8%
--No disability: 11,641 (83.63%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 3,298 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,332 (40.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,475 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,120 (47.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,979 (51.03%)
--Same county: 7,237 (30.83%)
--Different county: 4,742 (20.2%)
----Same state: 2,791 (11.89%)
----Different state: 1,951 (8.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 376 (1.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,070 (100%)
Native: 24,250 (96.73%)
--Born in United States: 24,106 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,742 (70.77%)
----Different state: 6,364 (25.38%)
--Born outside United States: 144 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 820 (3.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 455 (1.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 295 (1.18%)
--Not a citizen: 525 (2.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 820 (100%)
Europe: 241 (29.39%)
Asia: 374 (45.61%)
Africa: 55 (6.71%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 118 (14.39%)
Northern America: 32 (3.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,475 (100%)
English only: 22,088 (94.09%)
Language other than English: 1,387 (5.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 404 (1.72%)
--Spanish: 446 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 709 (3.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 191 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 111 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,070 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,926% (107.4%)
Arab: 115 (0.46%)
Czech: 120 (0.48%)
Danish: 50 (0.2%)
Dutch: 505 (2.01%)
English: 2,978 (11.88%)
French (except Basque): 779 (3.11%)
French Canadian: 72 (0.29%)
German: 7,613 (30.37%)
Greek: 68 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 266 (1.06%)
Irish: 3,438 (13.71%)
Italian: 1,605 (6.4%)
Lithuanian: 70 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 164 (0.65%)
Polish: 629 (2.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 187 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 530 (2.11%)
Scottish: 590 (2.35%)
Slovak: 152 (0.61%)
Subsaharan African: 140 (0.56%)
Swedish: 309 (1.23%)
Swiss: 573 (2.29%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.15%)
United States or American: 2,038 (8.13%)
Welsh: 392 (1.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 28 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 3,477 (13.87%)

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