Indianapolis Indiana Social and demographic information

Indianapolis Indiana Social information

   

Summary - Age, Sex, Race

   
  More Census Data:      
  Social Demographics - School, Marital, Ancestry Economic - Employment, Income, Industry Housing - Occupancy, Mortgage, Rent  

 

Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Indianapolis city (balance)
 

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 782,414 100.0
      enrolled in school 198,311 100.0   Native 746,347 95.4
Nursery school, preschool 14,216 7.2       Born in United States 741,120 94.7
Kindergarten 11,650 5.9           State of residence 528,362 67.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 90,208 45.5           Different state 212,758 27.2
High school (grades 9-12) 39,739 20.0       Born outside United States 5,227 0.7
College or graduate school 42,498 21.4   Foreign born 36,067 4.6
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 21,821 2.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 12,100 1.5
  Population 25 years and over 502,549 100.0       Not a citizen 23,967 3.1
Less than 9th grade 23,816 4.7        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 70,371 14.0   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 147,686 29.4     Total (excluding born at sea) 36,067 100.0
Some college, no degree 105,257 20.9   Europe 6,543 18.1
Associate degree 27,811 5.5   Asia 9,190 25.5
Bachelor's degree 83,798 16.7   Africa 2,650 7.3
Graduate or professional degree 43,810 8.7   Oceania 154 0.4
        Latin America 16,648 46.2
Percent high school graduate or higher 81.3 (X)   Northern America 882 2.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 25.4 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 724,716 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 612,692 100.0   English only 671,818 92.7
Never married 194,676 31.8   Language other than English 52,898 7.3
Now married, except separated 285,580 46.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 24,512 3.4
Separated 12,905 2.1   Spanish 29,638 4.1
Widowed 39,196 6.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 15,728 2.2
 Female 32,232 5.3   Other Indo-European languages 13,876 1.9
Divorced 80,335 13.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 4,614 0.6
 Female 46,612 7.6   Asian and Pacific Island languages 6,300 0.9
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 3,181 0.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 782,414 100.0
           under 18 years 15,089 100.0     Total ancestries reported 722,635 92.4
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 8,125 53.8   Arab 1,973 0.3
        Czech¹ 2,091 0.3
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 1,573 0.2
          Civilian population 18 years and over 581,543 100.0   Dutch 12,223 1.6
Civilian veterans 72,827 12.5   English 60,562 7.7
        French (except Basque)¹ 15,494 2.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 2,072 0.3
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 130,045 16.6
     Population 5 to 20 years 172,739 100.0   Greek 2,074 0.3
With a disability 15,744 9.1   Hungarian 2,281 0.3
     Population 21 to 64 years 458,913 100.0   Irish¹ 79,977 10.2
With a disability 93,721 20.4   Italian 17,442 2.2
 Percent employed 61.3 (X)   Lithuanian 875 0.1
No disability 365,192 79.6   Norwegian 3,756 0.5
 Percent employed 81.1 (X)   Polish 10,643 1.4
     Population 65 years and over 80,768 100.0   Portuguese 402 0.1
With a disability 35,417 43.9   Russian 2,954 0.4
        Scotch-Irish 10,322 1.3
        Scottish 13,190 1.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 743 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 724,716 100.0   Subsaharan African 8,665 1.1
Same house in 1995 342,737 47.3   Swedish 5,192 0.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 365,306 50.4   Swiss 1,939 0.2
 Same county 247,936 34.2   Ukrainian 924 0.1
 Different county 117,370 16.2   United States or American 72,698 9.3
  Same state 60,409 8.3   Welsh 5,008 0.6
  Different state 56,961 7.9   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 1,306 0.2
Elsewhere in 1995 16,673 2.3   Other ancestries 256,211 32.7
 
Date: January 2, 2005
 
-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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