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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Fisher County
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 4,344 100.0
      enrolled in school 971 100.0   Native 4,244 97.7
Nursery school, preschool 62 6.4       Born in United States 4,218 97.1
Kindergarten 64 6.6           State of residence 3,820 87.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 486 50.1           Different state 398 9.2
High school (grades 9-12) 282 29.0       Born outside United States 26 0.6
College or graduate school 77 7.9   Foreign born 100 2.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 33 0.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 36 0.8
  Population 25 years and over 3,036 100.0       Not a citizen 64 1.5
Less than 9th grade 434 14.3        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 377 12.4   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,165 38.4     Total (excluding born at sea) 100 100.0
Some college, no degree 551 18.1   Europe 2 2.0
Associate degree 132 4.3   Asia 5 5.0
Bachelor's degree 281 9.3   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 96 3.2   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 93 93.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 73.3 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.4 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 4,096 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 3,516 100.0   English only 3,293 80.4
Never married 593 16.9   Language other than English 803 19.6
Now married, except separated 2,216 63.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 286 7.0
Separated 75 2.1   Spanish 767 18.7
Widowed 386 11.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 279 6.8
 Female 322 9.2   Other Indo-European languages 19 0.5
Divorced 246 7.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 103 2.9   Asian and Pacific Island languages 9 0.2
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 7 0.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 4,344 100.0
           under 18 years 123 100.0     Total ancestries reported 3,319 76.4
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 70 56.9   Arab 2 0.0
        Czech¹ 11 0.3
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 4 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 3,298 100.0   Dutch 44 1.0
Civilian veterans 510 15.5   English 265 6.1
        French (except Basque)¹ 44 1.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 26 0.6
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 384 8.8
     Population 5 to 20 years 938 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 48 5.1   Hungarian 7 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 2,141 100.0   Irish¹ 403 9.3
With a disability 521 24.3   Italian 17 0.4
 Percent employed 57.8 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 1,620 75.7   Norwegian 4 0.1
 Percent employed 77.1 (X)   Polish 5 0.1
     Population 65 years and over 949 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 405 42.7   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 88 2.0
        Scottish 50 1.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 4,096 100.0   Subsaharan African 2 0.0
Same house in 1995 2,604 63.6   Swedish 4 0.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,468 35.8   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 624 15.2   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 844 20.6   United States or American 672 15.5
  Same state 761 18.6   Welsh 8 0.2
  Different state 83 2.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 6 0.1
Elsewhere in 1995 24 0.6   Other ancestries 1,273 29.3
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-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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