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Mitchell County:Harrell Township:2000

DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 1,209 100.0
      enrolled in school 192 100.0   Native 1,209 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0       Born in United States 1,209 100.0
Kindergarten 14 7.3           State of residence 913 75.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 104 54.2           Different state 296 24.5
High school (grades 9-12) 26 13.5       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 48 25.0   Foreign born 0 0.0
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 0 0.0
  Population 25 years and over 917 100.0       Not a citizen 0 0.0
Less than 9th grade 254 27.7        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 177 19.3   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 202 22.0     Total (excluding born at sea) 0 N/A
Some college, no degree 192 20.9   Europe 0 N/A
Associate degree 11 1.2   Asia 0 N/A
Bachelor's degree 46 5.0   Africa 0 N/A
Graduate or professional degree 35 3.8   Oceania 0 N/A
        Latin America 0 N/A
Percent high school graduate or higher 53.0 (X)   Northern America 0 N/A
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 8.8 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,133 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 1,002 100.0   English only 1,097 96.8
Never married 165 16.5   Language other than English 36 3.2
Now married, except separated 685 68.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 26 2.3
Separated 17 1.7   Spanish 36 3.2
Widowed 72 7.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 26 2.3
 Female 63 6.3   Other Indo-European languages 0 0.0
Divorced 63 6.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 34 3.4   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 1,209 100.0
           under 18 years 7 100.0     Total ancestries reported 612 50.6
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 982 100.0   Dutch 0 0.0
Civilian veterans 92 9.4   English 166 13.7
        French (except Basque)¹ 0 0.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 56 4.6
     Population 5 to 20 years 184 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 0 0.0   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 744 100.0   Irish¹ 62 5.1
With a disability 186 25.0   Italian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 23.7 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 558 75.0   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 76.2 (X)   Polish 6 0.5
     Population 65 years and over 205 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 120 58.5   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 30 2.5
        Scottish 0 0.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 1,133 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 751 66.3   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 373 32.9   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 236 20.8   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 137 12.1   United States or American 177 14.6
  Same state 76 6.7   Welsh 9 0.7
  Different state 61 5.4   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 9 0.8   Other ancestries 106 8.8
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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