DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Solon 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 1,105 100.0
      enrolled in school 324 100.0   Native 1,102 99.7
Nursery school, preschool 11 3.4       Born in United States 1,098 99.4
Kindergarten 19 5.9           State of residence 982 88.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 193 59.6           Different state 116 10.5
High school (grades 9-12) 85 26.2       Born outside United States 4 0.4
College or graduate school 16 4.9   Foreign born 3 0.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 3 0.3
  Population 25 years and over 687 100.0       Not a citizen 0 0.0
Less than 9th grade 36 5.2        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 127 18.5   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 323 47.0     Total (excluding born at sea) 3 100.0
Some college, no degree 86 12.5   Europe 2 66.7
Associate degree 52 7.6   Asia 1 33.3
Bachelor's degree 30 4.4   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 33 4.8   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 76.3 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 9.2 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,040 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 821 100.0   English only 1,017 97.8
Never married 197 24.0   Language other than English 23 2.2
Now married, except separated 486 59.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 7 0.7
Separated 34 4.1   Spanish 12 1.2
Widowed 21 2.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 5 0.5
 Female 17 2.1   Other Indo-European languages 11 1.1
Divorced 83 10.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 2 0.2
 Female 46 5.6   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 1,105 100.0
           under 18 years 20 100.0     Total ancestries reported 1,216 110.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 5 25.0   Arab 3 0.3
        Czech¹ 4 0.4
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 749 100.0   Dutch 70 6.3
Civilian veterans 95 12.7   English 176 15.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 53 4.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 24 2.2
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 181 16.4
     Population 5 to 20 years 329 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 38 11.6   Hungarian 2 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 614 100.0   Irish¹ 220 19.9
With a disability 118 19.2   Italian 90 8.1
 Percent employed 60.2 (X)   Lithuanian 2 0.2
No disability 496 80.8   Norwegian 2 0.2
 Percent employed 85.5 (X)   Polish 43 3.9
     Population 65 years and over 95 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 40 42.1   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 20 1.8
        Scottish 25 2.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 3 0.3
  Population 5 years and over 1,040 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 720 69.2   Swedish 5 0.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 316 30.4   Swiss 2 0.2
 Same county 253 24.3   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 63 6.1   United States or American 117 10.6
  Same state 35 3.4   Welsh 16 1.4
  Different state 28 2.7   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 4 0.4   Other ancestries 158 14.3
 
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.