Aberdeen, SD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4600100, place: Aberdeen city, South Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,919 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 420 (6.07%)
Kindergarten: 321 (4.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,337 (33.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,362 (19.68%)
College or graduate school: 2,479 (35.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,715 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,342 (8.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 971 (6.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,768 (30.34%)
Some college, no degree: 3,447 (21.93%)
Associate degree: 1,172 (7.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,876 (18.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,139 (7.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,168 (100%)
Never married: 6,072 (30.11%)
Now married, except separated: 10,464 (51.88%)
Separated: 86 (0.43%)
Total Widowed: 1,672 (8.29%)
Widowed Female: 1,320 (6.55%)
Total Divorced: 1,874 (9.29%)
Divorced Female: 1,137 (5.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 172 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 114 (66.28%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,124 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,402 (12.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,695 (100%)
--With a disability: 440 (7.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,165 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,151 (16.34%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
--No disability: 11,014 (83.66%)
----Percent employed: 87.3%
Population 65 years and over: 3,817 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,551 (40.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,115 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,554 (49.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,428 (49.44%)
--Same county: 6,348 (27.46%)
--Different county: 5,080 (21.98%)
----Same state: 2,758 (11.93%)
----Different state: 2,322 (10.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 133 (0.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,610 (100%)
Native: 24,427 (99.26%)
--Born in United States: 24,298 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,035 (73.28%)
----Different state: 6,263 (25.45%)
--Born outside United States: 129 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 183 (0.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 69 (0.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 107 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 76 (0.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 183 (100%)
Europe: 81 (44.26%)
Asia: 67 (36.61%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (4.92%)
Northern America: 26 (14.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,115 (100%)
English only: 21,837 (94.47%)
Language other than English: 1,278 (5.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 383 (1.66%)
--Spanish: 271 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 826 (3.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 254 (1.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 63 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,610 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,404% (119.48%)
Arab: 8 (0.03%)
Czech: 260 (1.06%)
Danish: 360 (1.46%)
Dutch: 735 (2.99%)
English: 1,672 (6.79%)
French (except Basque): 739 (3%)
French Canadian: 92 (0.37%)
German: 13,206 (53.66%)
Greek: 37 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 71 (0.29%)
Irish: 2,104 (8.55%)
Italian: 190 (0.77%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 3,681 (14.96%)
Polish: 413 (1.68%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1,448 (5.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 259 (1.05%)
Scottish: 256 (1.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.03%)
Swedish: 895 (3.64%)
Swiss: 64 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.02%)
United States or American: 683 (2.78%)
Welsh: 73 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 2,137 (8.68%)

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