Branch County, MI Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Branch county michigan dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,468	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	812	7.1
Kindergarten	655	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,453	47.5
High school (grades 9-12)	3,001	26.2
College or graduate school	1,547	13.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	30,300	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,039	6.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,027	13.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,364	40.8
Some college, no degree	6,762	22.3
Associate degree	1,887	6.2
Bachelor's degree	2,127	7.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,094	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,162	100.0
Never married	8,236	22.8
Now married, except separated	20,516	56.7
Separated	547	1.5
Widowed	2,367	6.5
Female	1,954	5.4
Divorced	4,496	12.4
Female	2,294	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	659	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	249	37.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	34,074	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,519	13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,551	100.0
With a disability	962	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	23,950	100.0
With a disability	4,520	18.9
Percent employed	60.3	(X)
No disability	19,430	81.1
Percent employed	81.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,608	100.0
With a disability	2,324	41.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	42,921	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,033	58.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,311	40.3
Same county	9,739	22.7
Different county	7,572	17.6
Same state	4,804	11.2
Different state	2,768	6.4
Elsewhere in 1995	577	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	45,787	100.0
Native	44,607	97.4
Born in United States	44,341	96.8
State of residence	33,137	72.4
Different state	11,204	24.5
Born outside United States	266	0.6
Foreign born	1,180	2.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	688	1.5
Naturalized citizen	358	0.8
Not a citizen	822	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,180	100.0
Europe	127	10.8
Asia	395	33.5
Africa	12	1.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	531	45.0
Northern America	115	9.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	42,921	100.0
English only	40,146	93.5
Language other than English	2,775	6.5
Speak English less than 'very well	1,118	2.6
Spanish	1,199	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	534	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	1,085	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	282	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	169	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	124	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	45,787	100.0
Total ancestries reported	42,456	92.7
Arab	368	0.8
Czech¹	142	0.3
Danish	86	0.2
Dutch	1,921	4.2
English	5,333	11.6
French (except Basque)¹	1,762	3.8
French Canadian¹	550	1.2
German	11,023	24.1
Greek	46	0.1
Hungarian	199	0.4
Irish¹	4,555	9.9
Italian	1,004	2.2
Lithuanian	79	0.2
Norwegian	186	0.4
Polish	2,700	5.9
Portuguese	19	0.0
Russian	49	0.1
Scotch-Irish	483	1.1
Scottish	654	1.4
Slovak	57	0.1
Subsaharan African	71	0.2
Swedish	480	1.0
Swiss	267	0.6
Ukrainian	21	0.0
United States or American	4,443	9.7
Welsh	223	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	5,727	12.5

(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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