Fountain County, IN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Fountain county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,260	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	325	7.6
Kindergarten	260	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,183	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,077	25.3
College or graduate school	415	9.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,914	100.0
Less than 9th grade	602	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,703	14.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,656	47.5
Some college, no degree	2,109	17.7
Associate degree	646	5.4
Bachelor's degree	718	6.0
Graduate or professional degree	480	4.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,067	100.0
Never married	2,552	18.1
Now married, except separated	8,612	61.2
Separated	109	0.8
Widowed	1,280	9.1
Female	1,064	7.6
Divorced	1,514	10.8
Female	780	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	389	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	198	50.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,236	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,860	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,183	100.0
With a disability	310	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	9,728	100.0
With a disability	2,068	21.3
Percent employed	63.2	(X)
No disability	7,660	78.7
Percent employed	78.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,669	100.0
With a disability	1,152	43.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,771	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,268	61.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,435	38.4
Same county	3,451	20.6
Different county	2,984	17.8
Same state	1,849	11.0
Different state	1,135	6.8
Elsewhere in 1995	68	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,954	100.0
Native	17,769	99.0
Born in United States	17,703	98.6
State of residence	10,160	56.6
Different state	7,543	42.0
Born outside United States	66	0.4
Foreign born	185	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	75	0.4
Naturalized citizen	100	0.6
Not a citizen	85	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	185	100.0
Europe	68	36.8
Asia	43	23.2
Africa	5	2.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	60	32.4
Northern America	9	4.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,771	100.0
English only	16,277	97.1
Language other than English	494	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	153	0.9
Spanish	310	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	83	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	134	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	33	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	45	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,954	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,014	72.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	10	0.1
Danish	9	0.1
Dutch	552	3.1
English	1,518	8.5
French (except Basque)¹	393	2.2
French Canadian¹	13	0.1
German	3,063	17.1
Greek	17	0.1
Hungarian	14	0.1
Irish¹	1,415	7.9
Italian	260	1.4
Lithuanian	56	0.3
Norwegian	51	0.3
Polish	122	0.7
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	18	0.1
Scotch-Irish	246	1.4
Scottish	197	1.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	199	1.1
Swiss	30	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,433	19.1
Welsh	64	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	4	0.0
Other ancestries	1,324	7.4

(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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