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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Grand Rapids city, Michigan |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
57,398 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
3,370 |
5.9 |
Kindergarten |
3,161 |
5.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
24,142 |
42.1 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
11,342 |
19.8 |
College or graduate school |
15,383 |
26.8 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
118,579 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
8,960 |
7.6 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
17,181 |
14.5 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
30,870 |
26.0 |
Some college, no degree |
25,083 |
21.2 |
Associate degree |
8,263 |
7.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
18,740 |
15.8 |
Graduate or professional degree |
9,482 |
8.0 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
78.0 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
23.8 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
152,548 |
100.0 |
Never married |
56,006 |
36.7 |
Now married, except separated |
67,433 |
44.2 |
Separated |
2,796 |
1.8 |
Widowed |
10,073 |
6.6 |
Female |
8,094 |
5.3 |
Divorced |
16,240 |
10.6 |
Female |
9,398 |
6.2 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
3,327 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,542 |
46.3 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
144,340 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
14,127 |
9.8 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
48,800 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,154 |
10.6 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
107,989 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
21,778 |
20.2 |
Percent employed |
58.4 |
(X) |
No disability |
86,211 |
79.8 |
Percent employed |
78.9 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
20,354 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
8,666 |
42.6 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
181,859 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
89,225 |
49.1 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
83,806 |
46.1 |
Same county |
56,110 |
30.9 |
Different county |
27,696 |
15.2 |
Same state |
15,497 |
8.5 |
Different state |
12,199 |
6.7 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
8,828 |
4.9 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
197,846 |
100.0 |
Native |
177,032 |
89.5 |
Born in United States |
174,829 |
88.4 |
State of residence |
137,692 |
69.6 |
Different state |
37,137 |
18.8 |
Born outside United States |
2,203 |
1.1 |
Foreign born |
20,814 |
10.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
13,294 |
6.7 |
Naturalized citizen |
5,048 |
2.6 |
Not a citizen |
15,766 |
8.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
20,814 |
100.0 |
Europe |
3,396 |
16.3 |
Asia |
3,206 |
15.4 |
Africa |
718 |
3.4 |
Oceania |
17 |
0.1 |
Latin America |
12,774 |
61.4 |
Northern America |
703 |
3.4 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
181,859 |
100.0 |
English only |
152,658 |
83.9 |
Language other than English |
29,201 |
16.1 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
15,660 |
8.6 |
Spanish |
20,382 |
11.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
11,546 |
6.3 |
Other Indo-European languages |
5,093 |
2.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,080 |
1.1 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
2,195 |
1.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,415 |
0.8 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
197,846 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
211,431 |
106.9 |
Arab |
1,248 |
0.6 |
Czech1 |
625 |
0.3 |
Danish |
958 |
0.5 |
Dutch |
31,050 |
15.7 |
English |
13,683 |
6.9 |
French (except Basque)1 |
5,217 |
2.6 |
French Canadian1 |
1,657 |
0.8 |
German |
27,296 |
13.8 |
Greek |
584 |
0.3 |
Hungarian |
640 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
17,016 |
8.6 |
Italian |
4,119 |
2.1 |
Lithuanian |
1,509 |
0.8 |
Norwegian |
1,326 |
0.7 |
Polish |
15,442 |
7.8 |
Portuguese |
103 |
0.1 |
Russian |
856 |
0.4 |
Scotch-Irish |
2,170 |
1.1 |
Scottish |
2,361 |
1.2 |
Slovak |
121 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
2,645 |
1.3 |
Swedish |
2,966 |
1.5 |
Swiss |
475 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
313 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
5,996 |
3.0 |
Welsh |
811 |
0.4 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
156 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
70,088 |
35.4 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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