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Social Statistics

Portage, Michigan

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,677	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	862	6.8
Kindergarten	664	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,603	44.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,625	20.7
College or graduate school	2,923	23.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,391	100.0
Less than 9th grade	652	2.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,537	5.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,990	23.8
Some college, no degree	6,904	23.5
Associate degree	2,488	8.5
Bachelor's degree	6,866	23.4
Graduate or professional degree	3,954	13.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	92.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	36.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	35,009	100.0
Never married	8,523	24.3
Now married, except separated	20,556	58.7
Separated	327	0.9
Widowed	2,150	6.1
Female	1,752	5.0
Divorced	3,453	9.9
Female	2,111	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	431	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	156	36.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,013	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,318	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,281	100.0
With a disability	745	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	26,246	100.0
With a disability	3,537	13.5
Percent employed	61.5	(X)
No disability	22,709	86.5
Percent employed	83.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,162	100.0
With a disability	1,997	38.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	41,825	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,619	51.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,575	46.8
Same county	11,985	28.7
Different county	7,590	18.1
Same state	4,010	9.6
Different state	3,580	8.6
Elsewhere in 1995	631	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	44,926	100.0
Native	42,779	95.2
Born in United States	42,542	94.7
State of residence	30,847	68.7
Different state	11,695	26.0
Born outside United States	237	0.5
Foreign born	2,147	4.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	954	2.1
Naturalized citizen	969	2.2
Not a citizen	1,178	2.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,147	100.0
Europe	574	26.7
Asia	847	39.5
Africa	80	3.7
Oceania	28	1.3
Latin America	307	14.3
Northern America	311	14.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	41,825	100.0
English only	39,045	93.4
Language other than English	2,780	6.6
Speak English less than 'very well	646	1.5
Spanish	887	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	161	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,165	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	291	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	594	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	165	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	44,926	100.0
Total ancestries reported	52,928	117.8
Arab	160	0.4
Czech¹	334	0.7
Danish	283	0.6
Dutch	5,388	12.0
English	6,420	14.3
French (except Basque)¹	1,926	4.3
French Canadian¹	825	1.8
German	11,566	25.7
Greek	286	0.6
Hungarian	321	0.7
Irish¹	5,803	12.9
Italian	1,876	4.2
Lithuanian	94	0.2
Norwegian	737	1.6
Polish	2,842	6.3
Portuguese	65	0.1
Russian	300	0.7
Scotch-Irish	813	1.8
Scottish	1,169	2.6
Slovak	191	0.4
Subsaharan African	142	0.3
Swedish	954	2.1
Swiss	103	0.2
Ukrainian	89	0.2
United States or American	2,411	5.4
Welsh	189	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	64	0.1
Other ancestries	7,577	16.9

(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. 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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