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Mitchell County:Red Hill 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 337 100.0
      enrolled in school 50 100.0   Native 337 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 9 18.0       Born in United States 337 100.0
Kindergarten 0 0.0           State of residence 242 71.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 0 0.0           Different state 95 28.2
High school (grades 9-12) 21 42.0       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 20 40.0   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 291 100.0       Not a citizen 0 0.0
Less than 9th grade 40 13.7        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 51 17.5   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 113 38.8     Total (excluding born at sea) 0 N/A
Some college, no degree 54 18.6   Europe 0 N/A
Associate degree 19 6.5   Asia 0 N/A
Bachelor's degree 14 4.8   Africa 0 N/A
Graduate or professional degree 0 0.0   Oceania 0 N/A
        Latin America 0 N/A
Percent high school graduate or higher 68.7 (X)   Northern America 0 N/A
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 4.8 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 321 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 312 100.0   English only 317 98.8
Never married 44 14.1   Language other than English 4 1.2
Now married, except separated 222 71.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
Separated 5 1.6   Spanish 4 1.2
Widowed 41 13.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 41 13.1   Other Indo-European languages 0 0.0
Divorced 0 0.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 0 0.0   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 337 100.0
           under 18 years 5 100.0     Total ancestries reported 156 46.3
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 291 100.0   Dutch 0 0.0
Civilian veterans 38 13.1   English 37 11.0
        French (except Basque)¹ 0 0.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 20 5.9
     Population 5 to 20 years 30 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 6 20.0   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 173 100.0   Irish¹ 8 2.4
With a disability 52 30.1   Italian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 28.8 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 121 69.9   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 86.8 (X)   Polish 0 0.0
     Population 65 years and over 118 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 46 39.0   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 6 1.8
        Scottish 0 0.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 321 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 189 58.9   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 123 38.3   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 53 16.5   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 70 21.8   United States or American 85 25.2
  Same state 70 21.8   Welsh 0 0.0
  Different state 0 0.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 9 2.8   Other ancestries 0 0.0
             
-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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