Kentwood Planning Department
Demographics


Social Char.   Pop. & Housing   Labor Force   Income & Poverty   Housing Char.  

Social Characteristics: 2000

 

Subject Number

 

 
URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE
 
Total population 45,255
Urban population 45,255
Rural population 0
Farm population 0

 

 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
 
Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school 10,125
Preprimary school 888
Elementary or high school 6,750
Percent in private school 12.2
College 2,487

 

 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
 
Persons 25 years and over 23,648
Less than 9th grade 1,321
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,482
High school graduate 6,327
Some college, no degree 5,255
Associate degree 2,114
Bachelor's degree 4,571
Graduate or professional degree 1,578

 

 
Percent high school graduate or higher 83.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 26.0

 

 
RESIDENCE IN 1985
 
Persons 5 years and over 34,828
Lived in same house 15,508
Lived in different house in U.S. 19,032
Same state 16,041
Same county 11,637
Different county 4,404
Different state 2,991
Lived abroad 288

 

 
DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
 
Persons 16 to 64 years 24,928
With a mobility or self-care limitation 534
With a mobility limitation 264
With a self-care limitation 397
With a work disability 1,483
In labor force 809
Prevented from working 530

 

 
Persons 65 years and over 3,520
With a mobility or self-care limitation 468
With a mobility limitation 376
With a self-care limitation 243

 

 
CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN
 
Women 15 to 24 years 238
Women 25 to 34 years 1,070
Women 35 to 44 years 2,029

 

 
VETERAN STATUS
 
Civilian veterans 16 years and over 3,290
65 years and over 734

 

 
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
 
Total population 37,826
Native population 36,046
Percent born in state of residence 78.2
Foreign-born population 1,780
Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990 592

 

 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
 
Persons 5 years and over 34,828
Speak a language other than English 2,386
Do not speak English "very well" 883
Speak Spanish 772
Do not speak English "very well" 316
Speak Asian or Pacific Island language 605
Do not speak English "very well" 297

 

 
ANCESTRY
 
Total ancestries reported 50,899
Arab 384
Austrian 80
Belgian 32
Canadian 44
Czech 206
Danish 396
Dutch 9,534
English 6,013
Finnish 105
French (except Basque) 2,404
French Canadian 343
German 11,566
Greek 109
Hungarian 224
Irish 5,324
Italian 1,626
Lithuanian 137
Norwegian 378
Polish 2,419
Portuguese 2
Romanian 12
Russian 148
Scotch-Irish 494
Scottish 937
Slovak 185
Subsaharan African 0
Swedish 1,320
Swiss 98
Ukrainian 56
United States or American 1,136
Welsh 189
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 35
Yugoslavian 34
Other ancestries 4,929


(X) Not applicable

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 1 (100% Data) Matrices P1, P3, P5, P6, P8, P11, P15, P16, P23, H1, H2, H3, H5, H8, H10, H18A, H21, H23, H23B, H32, H32B, H41.

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