Brandon, SD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4606840, place: Brandon city, South Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,794 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 196 (10.93%)
Kindergarten: 70 (3.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 916 (51.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 392 (21.85%)
College or graduate school: 220 (12.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,414 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (1.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 170 (4.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 983 (28.79%)
Some college, no degree: 869 (25.45%)
Associate degree: 272 (7.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 848 (24.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 208 (6.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,083 (100%)
Never married: 769 (18.83%)
Now married, except separated: 2,741 (67.13%)
Separated: 43 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 143 (3.5%)
Widowed Female: 125 (3.06%)
Total Divorced: 387 (9.48%)
Divorced Female: 218 (5.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,765 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 499 (13.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,575 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (3.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,233 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (8.97%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
--No disability: 2,943 (91.03%)
----Percent employed: 92.4%
Population 65 years and over: 352 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (47.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,208 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,606 (50.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,579 (49.52%)
--Same county: 1,522 (29.22%)
--Different county: 1,057 (20.3%)
----Same state: 392 (7.53%)
----Different state: 665 (12.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,777 (100%)
Native: 5,691 (98.51%)
--Born in United States: 5,675 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,613 (62.54%)
----Different state: 2,062 (35.69%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 86 (1.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 52 (0.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 71 (1.23%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (0.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 86 (100%)
Europe: 6 (6.98%)
Asia: 64 (74.42%)
Africa: 7 (8.14%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (10.47%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,208 (100%)
English only: 5,059 (97.14%)
Language other than English: 149 (2.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 78 (1.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 45 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 19 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,777 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,503% (129.88%)
Arab: 55 (0.95%)
Czech: 102 (1.77%)
Danish: 245 (4.24%)
Dutch: 486 (8.41%)
English: 352 (6.09%)
French (except Basque): 270 (4.67%)
French Canadian: 93 (1.61%)
German: 2,942 (50.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.1%)
Irish: 524 (9.07%)
Italian: 57 (0.99%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1,067 (18.47%)
Polish: 115 (1.99%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.12%)
Russian: 84 (1.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 70 (1.21%)
Scottish: 89 (1.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.12%)
Swedish: 362 (6.27%)
Swiss: 8 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 157 (2.72%)
Welsh: 17 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 388 (6.72%)

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