Allegan County, MI Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Allegan county michigan dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	28,058	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,564	5.6
Kindergarten	1,836	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	14,248	50.8
High school (grades 9-12)	7,091	25.3
College or graduate school	3,319	11.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	66,925	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,015	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,820	11.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	26,190	39.1
Some college, no degree	14,067	21.0
Associate degree	4,238	6.3
Bachelor's degree	7,231	10.8
Graduate or professional degree	3,364	5.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	80,535	100.0
Never married	17,769	22.1
Now married, except separated	49,684	61.7
Separated	923	1.1
Widowed	4,430	5.5
Female	3,561	4.4
Divorced	7,729	9.6
Female	4,126	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,305	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	603	46.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	75,285	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,264	12.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	26,768	100.0
With a disability	2,118	7.9

Population 21 to 64 years	59,355	100.0
With a disability	9,911	16.7
Percent employed	61.4	(X)
No disability	49,444	83.3
Percent employed	81.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	11,159	100.0
With a disability	4,711	42.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	98,039	100.0
Same house in 1995	56,745	57.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	40,440	41.2
Same county	19,763	20.2
Different county	20,677	21.1
Same state	16,177	16.5
Different state	4,500	4.6
Elsewhere in 1995	854	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	105,665	100.0
Native	102,579	97.1
Born in United States	102,139	96.7
State of residence	84,186	79.7
Different state	17,953	17.0
Born outside United States	440	0.4
Foreign born	3,086	2.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,383	1.3
Naturalized citizen	1,269	1.2
Not a citizen	1,817	1.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,086	100.0
Europe	653	21.2
Asia	468	15.2
Africa	14	0.5
Oceania	14	0.5
Latin America	1,827	59.2
Northern America	110	3.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	98,039	100.0
English only	91,396	93.2
Language other than English	6,643	6.8
Speak English less than 'very well	2,611	2.7
Spanish	5,097	5.2
Speak English less than "very well"	2,221	2.3
Other Indo-European languages	1,052	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	157	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	335	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	198	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	105,665	100.0
Total ancestries reported	113,093	107.0
Arab	81	0.1
Czech¹	603	0.6
Danish	633	0.6
Dutch	25,079	23.7
English	11,270	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	3,832	3.6
French Canadian¹	1,127	1.1
German	22,155	21.0
Greek	103	0.1
Hungarian	454	0.4
Irish¹	10,467	9.9
Italian	2,339	2.2
Lithuanian	266	0.3
Norwegian	750	0.7
Polish	5,176	4.9
Portuguese	43	0.0
Russian	367	0.3
Scotch-Irish	999	0.9
Scottish	1,806	1.7
Slovak	275	0.3
Subsaharan African	40	0.0
Swedish	1,557	1.5
Swiss	309	0.3
Ukrainian	134	0.1
United States or American	7,884	7.5
Welsh	612	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	1	0.0
Other ancestries	14,731	13.9

(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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