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Mitchell County

DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent



         

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

       

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

3,102

100.0

   
Nursery school, preschool 142 4.6    
Kindergarten 193 6.2    
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 1,598 51.5    
High school (grades 9-12) 717 23.1    
College or graduate school 452 14.6    
         

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

       

Population 25 years and over

11,315

100.0

   
Less than 9th grade 1,659 14.7    
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 1,895 16.7    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 3,720 32.9    
Some college, no degree 2,043 18.1    
Associate degree 617 5.5    
Bachelor's degree 898 7.9    
Graduate or professional degree 483 4.3    
         
Percent high school graduate or higher 68.6 (X)    
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.2      
         

MARITAL STATUS

       

Population 15 years and over

12,993

100.0

   
Never married 2,032 15.6    
Now married, except separated 8,533 65.7    
Separated 248 1.9    
Widowed 1,134 8.7    

Female

948 7.3    
Divorced 1,046 8.1    

Female

499 3.8    
         

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

       

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

198

100.0

   
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 93 47.0    
         

VETERAN STATUS

       

Civilian population 18 years and over

12,387

100.0

   
Civilian veterans 1,622 13.1    
         

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

       

Population 5 to 20 years

2,950

100.0

   
With a disability 260 8.8    
         

Population 21 to 64 years

9,010

100.0

   
With a disability 2,248 25.0    

Percent employed

46.3      
No disability 6,762 75.0    

Percent employed

77.0      
         

Population 65 years and over

2,805

100.0

   
With a disability 1,410 50.3    
         

RESIDENCE IN 1995

       

Population 5 years and over

14,912

100.0

   
Same house in 1995 9,838 66.0    
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 4,937 33.1    

Same county

2,700 18.1    

Different county

2,237 15.0    

Same state

1,598 10.7    

Different state

639 4.3    
Elsewhere in 1995 137 0.9    
         

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

       

Total population

15,687

100.0

   
Native 15,451 98.5    

Born in United States

15,382 98.1    

State of residence

12,211 77.8    

Different state

3,171 20.2    

Born outside United States

69 0.4    
Foreign born 236 1.5    

Entered 1990 to March 2000

137 0.9    

Naturalized citizen

61 0.4    

Not a citizen

175 1.1    
         

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

       

Total (excluding born at sea)

236

100.0

   
Europe 34 14.4    
Asia 22 9.3    
Africa 6 2.5    
Oceania 4 1.7    
Latin America 144 61.0    
Northern America 26 11.0    
         

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

       

Population 5 years and over

14,912

100.0

   
English only 14,335 96.1    
Language other than English 577 3.9    

Speak English less than "very well"

230 1.5    

Spanish

399 2.7    

Speak English less than "very well"

200 1.3    

Other Indo-European languages

147 1.0    

Speak English less than "very well"

30 0.2    

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0    

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0    
         

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

       

Total population

15,687

100.0

   

Total ancestries reported

10,873 69.3    
Arab 0 0.0    
Czech1 7 0.0    
Danish 22 0.1    
Dutch 101 0.6    
English 1,606 10.2    
French (except Basque)1 178 1.1    
French Canadian1 14 0.1    
German 1,139 7.3    
Greek 12 0.1    
Hungarian 20 0.1    
Irish1 1,101 7.0    
Italian 120 0.8    
Lithuanian 0 0.0    
Norwegian 11 0.1    
Polish 103 0.7    
Portuguese 11 0.1    
Russian 14 0.1    
Scotch-Irish 864 5.5    
Scottish 496 3.2    
Slovak 1 0.0    
Subsaharan African 2 0.0    
Swedish 104 0.7    
Swiss 31 0.2    
Ukrainian 10 0.1    
United States or American 3,442 21.9    
Welsh 111 0.7    
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0    
Other ancestries 1,353 8.6    
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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