Gratiot County, MI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Gratiot county michigan dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,080	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	564	5.1
Kindergarten	540	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,784	43.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,632	23.8
College or graduate school	2,560	23.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	27,322	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,447	5.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,069	11.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,508	42.1
Some college, no degree	6,183	22.6
Associate degree	1,587	5.8
Bachelor's degree	2,401	8.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,127	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	34,019	100.0
Never married	9,618	28.3
Now married, except separated	17,979	52.8
Separated	513	1.5
Widowed	2,452	7.2
Female	1,978	5.8
Divorced	3,457	10.2
Female	1,605	4.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	542	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	221	40.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	32,224	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,827	11.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,719	100.0
With a disability	796	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	21,226	100.0
With a disability	3,582	16.9
Percent employed	50.9	(X)
No disability	17,644	83.1
Percent employed	79.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,060	100.0
With a disability	2,196	43.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	39,779	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,426	58.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,032	40.3
Same county	8,095	20.3
Different county	7,937	20.0
Same state	6,590	16.6
Different state	1,347	3.4
Elsewhere in 1995	321	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,285	100.0
Native	41,766	98.8
Born in United States	41,591	98.4
State of residence	36,710	86.8
Different state	4,881	11.5
Born outside United States	175	0.4
Foreign born	519	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	234	0.6
Naturalized citizen	243	0.6
Not a citizen	276	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	519	100.0
Europe	142	27.4
Asia	153	29.5
Africa	34	6.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	112	21.6
Northern America	78	15.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	39,779	100.0
English only	37,986	95.5
Language other than English	1,793	4.5
Speak English less than 'very well	516	1.3
Spanish	1,053	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	303	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	467	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	97	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	172	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	82	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,285	100.0
Total ancestries reported	41,594	98.4
Arab	139	0.3
Czech¹	720	1.7
Danish	368	0.9
Dutch	1,438	3.4
English	5,664	13.4
French (except Basque)¹	1,841	4.4
French Canadian¹	711	1.7
German	10,273	24.3
Greek	69	0.2
Hungarian	177	0.4
Irish¹	3,756	8.9
Italian	686	1.6
Lithuanian	31	0.1
Norwegian	299	0.7
Polish	1,563	3.7
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	104	0.2
Scotch-Irish	511	1.2
Scottish	1,221	2.9
Slovak	172	0.4
Subsaharan African	182	0.4
Swedish	482	1.1
Swiss	144	0.3
Ukrainian	56	0.1
United States or American	5,264	12.4
Welsh	151	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.0
Other ancestries	5,559	13.1

(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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