Vigo County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Vigo county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	31,055	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,669	5.4
Kindergarten	1,357	4.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,130	35.8
High school (grades 9-12)	5,281	17.0
College or graduate school	11,618	37.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	66,714	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,203	4.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,452	14.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	23,226	34.8
Some college, no degree	12,962	19.4
Associate degree	3,604	5.4
Bachelor's degree	7,799	11.7
Graduate or professional degree	6,468	9.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	85,823	100.0
Never married	23,710	27.6
Now married, except separated	44,710	52.1
Separated	1,062	1.2
Widowed	6,571	7.7
Female	5,467	6.4
Divorced	9,770	11.4
Female	5,399	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,655	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	910	55.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	81,608	100.0
Civilian veterans	10,642	13.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	24,905	100.0
With a disability	2,265	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	57,031	100.0
With a disability	11,336	19.9
Percent employed	53.8	(X)
No disability	45,695	80.1
Percent employed	77.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,994	100.0
With a disability	6,300	45.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	99,390	100.0
Same house in 1995	52,239	52.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	45,908	46.2
Same county	27,357	27.5
Different county	18,551	18.7
Same state	9,481	9.5
Different state	9,070	9.1
Elsewhere in 1995	1,243	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	105,848	100.0
Native	103,729	98.0
Born in United States	103,153	97.5
State of residence	78,036	73.7
Different state	25,117	23.7
Born outside United States	576	0.5
Foreign born	2,119	2.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,216	1.1
Naturalized citizen	759	0.7
Not a citizen	1,360	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,119	100.0
Europe	550	26.0
Asia	968	45.7
Africa	193	9.1
Oceania	8	0.4
Latin America	322	15.2
Northern America	78	3.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	99,390	100.0
English only	95,485	96.1
Language other than English	3,905	3.9
Speak English less than 'very well	1,114	1.1
Spanish	1,374	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	416	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,426	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	282	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	767	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	339	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	105,848	100.0
Total ancestries reported	93,179	88.0
Arab	445	0.4
Czech¹	426	0.4
Danish	186	0.2
Dutch	2,715	2.6
English	11,186	10.6
French (except Basque)¹	3,074	2.9
French Canadian¹	251	0.2
German	20,689	19.5
Greek	159	0.2
Hungarian	488	0.5
Irish¹	11,211	10.6
Italian	2,731	2.6
Lithuanian	132	0.1
Norwegian	518	0.5
Polish	1,645	1.6
Portuguese	29	0.0
Russian	267	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,523	1.4
Scottish	2,116	2.0
Slovak	114	0.1
Subsaharan African	507	0.5
Swedish	718	0.7
Swiss	159	0.2
Ukrainian	110	0.1
United States or American	15,094	14.3
Welsh	1,217	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	89	0.1
Other ancestries	15,380	14.5

(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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