Pierre, SD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4649600, place: Pierre city, South Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,462 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 283 (8.17%)
Kindergarten: 146 (4.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,809 (52.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,062 (30.68%)
College or graduate school: 162 (4.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,212 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 483 (5.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 477 (5.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,362 (25.64%)
Some college, no degree: 1,984 (21.54%)
Associate degree: 685 (7.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,435 (26.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 786 (8.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,847 (100%)
Never married: 2,414 (22.26%)
Now married, except separated: 6,509 (60.01%)
Separated: 82 (0.76%)
Total Widowed: 730 (6.73%)
Widowed Female: 646 (5.96%)
Total Divorced: 1,112 (10.25%)
Divorced Female: 653 (6.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (41.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,149 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,487 (14.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,157 (100%)
--With a disability: 218 (6.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,517 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,132 (15.06%)
----Percent employed: 73%
--No disability: 6,385 (84.94%)
----Percent employed: 90.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,679 (100%)
--With a disability: 691 (41.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,072 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,516 (57.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,431 (41.55%)
--Same county: 2,424 (18.54%)
--Different county: 3,007 (23%)
----Same state: 1,931 (14.77%)
----Different state: 1,076 (8.23%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 125 (0.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,969 (100%)
Native: 13,776 (98.62%)
--Born in United States: 13,729 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,442 (74.75%)
----Different state: 3,287 (23.53%)
--Born outside United States: 47 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 193 (1.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 104 (0.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 78 (0.56%)
--Not a citizen: 115 (0.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 193 (100%)
Europe: 62 (32.12%)
Asia: 69 (35.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 48 (24.87%)
Northern America: 14 (7.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,072 (100%)
English only: 12,485 (95.51%)
Language other than English: 587 (4.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 205 (1.57%)
--Spanish: 231 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 207 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 41 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,969 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,079% (115.1%)
Arab: 22 (0.16%)
Czech: 460 (3.29%)
Danish: 445 (3.19%)
Dutch: 357 (2.56%)
English: 1,137 (8.14%)
French (except Basque): 551 (3.94%)
French Canadian: 109 (0.78%)
German: 5,666 (40.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.25%)
Irish: 1,713 (12.26%)
Italian: 88 (0.63%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 1,985 (14.21%)
Polish: 139 (1%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.09%)
Russian: 144 (1.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 159 (1.14%)
Scottish: 278 (1.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.13%)
Swedish: 446 (3.19%)
Swiss: 108 (0.77%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 500 (3.58%)
Welsh: 108 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,589 (11.38%)

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