Newaygo County, MI Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Newaygo county michigan dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,809	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	729	5.7
Kindergarten	832	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,808	53.2
High school (grades 9-12)	3,086	24.1
College or graduate school	1,354	10.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	30,329	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,011	6.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,447	14.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,242	40.4
Some college, no degree	6,337	20.9
Associate degree	1,835	6.1
Bachelor's degree	2,332	7.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,125	3.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,335	100.0
Never married	7,319	20.1
Now married, except separated	22,405	61.7
Separated	434	1.2
Widowed	2,246	6.2
Female	1,788	4.9
Divorced	3,931	10.8
Female	1,911	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	701	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	295	42.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,922	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,101	15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,347	100.0
With a disability	1,281	10.4

Population 21 to 64 years	25,863	100.0
With a disability	5,281	20.4
Percent employed	50.2	(X)
No disability	20,582	79.6
Percent employed	76.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,900	100.0
With a disability	2,390	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	44,614	100.0
Same house in 1995	26,985	60.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,344	38.9
Same county	7,652	17.2
Different county	9,692	21.7
Same state	7,740	17.3
Different state	1,952	4.4
Elsewhere in 1995	285	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	47,874	100.0
Native	47,022	98.2
Born in United States	46,774	97.7
State of residence	40,298	84.2
Different state	6,476	13.5
Born outside United States	248	0.5
Foreign born	852	1.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	400	0.8
Naturalized citizen	310	0.6
Not a citizen	542	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	852	100.0
Europe	169	19.8
Asia	126	14.8
Africa	3	0.4
Oceania	8	0.9
Latin America	455	53.4
Northern America	91	10.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	44,614	100.0
English only	42,488	95.2
Language other than English	2,126	4.8
Speak English less than 'very well	785	1.8
Spanish	1,418	3.2
Speak English less than "very well"	536	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	570	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	172	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	118	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	70	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	47,874	100.0
Total ancestries reported	49,559	103.5
Arab	66	0.1
Czech¹	144	0.3
Danish	512	1.1
Dutch	6,838	14.3
English	5,059	10.6
French (except Basque)¹	2,376	5.0
French Canadian¹	769	1.6
German	10,578	22.1
Greek	90	0.2
Hungarian	189	0.4
Irish¹	5,423	11.3
Italian	899	1.9
Lithuanian	189	0.4
Norwegian	513	1.1
Polish	2,367	4.9
Portuguese	13	0.0
Russian	96	0.2
Scotch-Irish	567	1.2
Scottish	821	1.7
Slovak	43	0.1
Subsaharan African	14	0.0
Swedish	1,442	3.0
Swiss	139	0.3
Ukrainian	80	0.2
United States or American	4,184	8.7
Welsh	101	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	11	0.0
Other ancestries	6,036	12.6

(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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