Merrillville, IN Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school8,190100.0
Nursery school, preschool5576.8
Kindergarten3193.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,59843.9
High school (grades 9-12)1,77421.7
College or graduate school1,94223.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over20,587100.0
Less than 9th grade7303.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,05310.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,50936.5
Some college, no degree4,83623.5
Associate degree1,2936.3
Bachelor's degree2,79213.6
Graduate or professional degree1,3746.7
Percent high school graduate or higher86.5(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher20.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over24,543100.0
Never married6,23525.4
Now married, except separated13,58055.3
Separated3681.5
Widowed1,9698.0
Female
1,6306.6
Divorced2,3919.7
Female
1,5306.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years789100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren36145.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over23,194100.0
Civilian veterans3,30214.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years6,711100.0
With a disability5438.1
Population 21 to 64 years17,442100.0
With a disability2,69415.4
Percent employed
63.8(X)
No disability14,74884.6
Percent employed
80.5(X)
Population 65 years and over4,306100.0
With a disability1,82542.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over28,823100.0
Same house in 199516,86558.5
Different house in the U.S. in 199511,58540.2
Same county
8,23928.6
Different county
3,34611.6
Same state
8212.8
Different state
2,5258.8
Elsewhere in 19953731.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population30,712100.0
Native28,55293.0
Born in United States
28,30492.2
State of residence
19,19462.5
Different state
9,11029.7
Born outside United States
2480.8
Foreign born2,1607.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
6372.1
Naturalized citizen
1,3664.4
Not a citizen
7942.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)2,160100.0
Europe1,16553.9
Asia38517.8
Africa1396.4
Oceania70.3
Latin America40218.6
Northern America622.9
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over28,823100.0
English only24,40284.7
Language other than English4,42115.3
Speak English less than 'very well
1,5815.5
Spanish
1,7836.2
Speak English less than "very well"
6322.2
Other Indo-European languages
2,0507.1
Speak English less than "very well"
7062.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2981.0
Speak English less than "very well"
1600.6
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population30,712100.0

Total ancestries reported

34,011110.7
Arab1190.4
Czech11730.6
Danish790.3
Dutch5331.7
English1,6845.5
French (except Basque)15091.7
French Canadian11350.4
German4,91216.0
Greek7292.4
Hungarian5121.7
Irish13,26810.6
Italian1,3924.5
Lithuanian1970.6
Norwegian2270.7
Polish3,0139.8
Portuguese100.0
Russian2620.9
Scotch-Irish2370.8
Scottish2870.9
Slovak1,0253.3
Subsaharan African3421.1
Swedish2780.9
Swiss870.3
Ukrainian480.2
United States or American1,4734.8
Welsh1450.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)340.1
Other ancestries12,30140.1
(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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