Houghton County, MI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Houghton county michigan dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,652	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	338	2.7
Kindergarten	357	2.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,769	29.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,046	16.2
College or graduate school	6,142	48.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,233	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,102	5.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,167	10.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,639	36.0
Some college, no degree	3,809	17.9
Associate degree	1,636	7.7
Bachelor's degree	2,984	14.1
Graduate or professional degree	1,896	8.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,667	100.0
Never married	10,589	35.7
Now married, except separated	14,072	47.4
Separated	205	0.7
Widowed	2,379	8.0
Female	1,894	6.4
Divorced	2,422	8.2
Female	1,305	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	205	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	73	35.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,064	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,956	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,260	100.0
With a disability	680	7.3

Population 21 to 64 years	18,839	100.0
With a disability	2,627	13.9
Percent employed	46.3	(X)
No disability	16,212	86.1
Percent employed	71.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,234	100.0
With a disability	2,122	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,058	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,352	56.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	14,225	41.8
Same county	5,842	17.2
Different county	8,383	24.6
Same state	5,675	16.7
Different state	2,708	8.0
Elsewhere in 1995	481	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	36,016	100.0
Native	35,039	97.3
Born in United States	34,844	96.7
State of residence	28,516	79.2
Different state	6,328	17.6
Born outside United States	195	0.5
Foreign born	977	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	601	1.7
Naturalized citizen	359	1.0
Not a citizen	618	1.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	977	100.0
Europe	272	27.8
Asia	478	48.9
Africa	86	8.8
Oceania	11	1.1
Latin America	45	4.6
Northern America	85	8.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,058	100.0
English only	31,565	92.7
Language other than English	2,493	7.3
Speak English less than 'very well	707	2.1
Spanish	314	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	67	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	663	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	125	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	334	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	222	0.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	36,016	100.0
Total ancestries reported	44,328	123.1
Arab	84	0.2
Czech¹	153	0.4
Danish	261	0.7
Dutch	647	1.8
English	3,625	10.1
French (except Basque)¹	3,403	9.4
French Canadian¹	1,135	3.2
German	6,600	18.3
Greek	96	0.3
Hungarian	179	0.5
Irish¹	2,558	7.1
Italian	2,374	6.6
Lithuanian	71	0.2
Norwegian	923	2.6
Polish	1,506	4.2
Portuguese	21	0.1
Russian	152	0.4
Scotch-Irish	309	0.9
Scottish	560	1.6
Slovak	76	0.2
Subsaharan African	197	0.5
Swedish	2,065	5.7
Swiss	108	0.3
Ukrainian	71	0.2
United States or American	885	2.5
Welsh	120	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	16,149	44.8

(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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