DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Preble town
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 1,582 100.0
      enrolled in school 392 100.0   Native 1,566 99.0
Nursery school, preschool 19 4.8       Born in United States 1,551 98.0
Kindergarten 16 4.1           State of residence 1,391 87.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 212 54.1           Different state 160 10.1
High school (grades 9-12) 99 25.3       Born outside United States 15 0.9
College or graduate school 46 11.7   Foreign born 16 1.0
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 13 0.8
  Population 25 years and over 1,029 100.0       Not a citizen 3 0.2
Less than 9th grade 24 2.3        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 108 10.5   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 355 34.5     Total (excluding born at sea) 16 100.0
Some college, no degree 166 16.1   Europe 11 68.8
Associate degree 116 11.3   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 146 14.2   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 114 11.1   Oceania 2 12.5
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 87.2 (X)   Northern America 3 18.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 25.3 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,467 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 1,221 100.0   English only 1,440 98.2
Never married 285 23.3   Language other than English 27 1.8
Now married, except separated 724 59.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 6 0.4
Separated 41 3.4   Spanish 4 0.3
Widowed 39 3.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 2 0.1
 Female 32 2.6   Other Indo-European languages 23 1.6
Divorced 132 10.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 4 0.3
 Female 58 4.8   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 1,582 100.0
           under 18 years 23 100.0     Total ancestries reported 1,736 109.7
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 8 34.8   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 2 0.1
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 2 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 1,132 100.0   Dutch 75 4.7
Civilian veterans 151 13.3   English 315 19.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 58 3.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 37 2.3
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 300 19.0
     Population 5 to 20 years 379 100.0   Greek 2 0.1
With a disability 42 11.1   Hungarian 9 0.6
     Population 21 to 64 years 929 100.0   Irish¹ 327 20.7
With a disability 126 13.6   Italian 126 8.0
 Percent employed 52.4 (X)   Lithuanian 2 0.1
No disability 803 86.4   Norwegian 4 0.3
 Percent employed 81.8 (X)   Polish 33 2.1
     Population 65 years and over 157 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 48 30.6   Russian 16 1.0
        Scotch-Irish 44 2.8
        Scottish 50 3.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 2 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 1,467 N/A   Subsaharan African 4 0.3
Same house in 1995 907 61.8   Swedish 4 0.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 558 38.0   Swiss 1 0.1
 Same county 214 14.6   Ukrainian 6 0.4
 Different county 344 23.4   United States or American 170 10.7
  Same state 326 22.2   Welsh 38 2.4
  Different state 18 1.2   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 2 0.1   Other ancestries 109 6.9
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.