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Language Spoken At Home in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 386,414 | 100% |
English only | 353,755 | 91.5% |
Language other than English | 32,659 | 8.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 14,509 | 3.8% |
Spanish | 16,276 | 4.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 7,411 | 1.9% |
Other Indo-European languages | 8,856 | 2.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 2,739 | 0.7% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 6,687 | 1.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 4,034 | 1.0% |
Other languages | 840 | 0.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 325 | 0.1% |
Ancestry in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 416,851 | 100% |
American | 52,214 | 12.5% |
Arab | 1,139 | 0.3% |
Czech | 919 | 0.2% |
Danish | 920 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 6,462 | 1.6% |
English | 32,851 | 7.9% |
French (except Basque) | 15,552 | 3.7% |
French Canadian | 1,310 | 0.3% |
German | 133,140 | 31.9% |
Greek | 1,487 | 0.4% |
Hungarian | 1,437 | 0.3% |
Irish | 43,451 | 10.4% |
Italian | 10,548 | 2.5% |
Lithuanian | 473 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 2,089 | 0.5% |
Polish | 9,908 | 2.4% |
Portuguese | 402 | 0.1% |
Russian | 1,223 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 3,529 | 0.8% |
Scottish | 7,128 | 1.7% |
Slovak | 669 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 12,714 | 3.1% |
Swedish | 3,476 | 0.8% |
Swiss | 5,415 | 1.3% |
Ukrainian | 786 | 0.2% |
Welsh | 1,948 | 0.5% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 764 | 0.2% |
Households By Type in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 161,090 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 107,500 | 66.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 50,176 | 31.1% |
Married-couple family | 80,562 | 50.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 33,481 | 20.8% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 6,482 | 4.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 3,576 | 2.2% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 20,456 | 12.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 13,119 | 8.1% |
Nonfamily households | 53,590 | 33.3% |
Householder living alone | 44,797 | 27.8% |
65 years and over | 14,789 | 9.2% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 54,175 | 33.6% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 35,934 | 22.3% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 410,320 | 100% |
Householder | 161,090 | 39.3% |
Spouse | 80,366 | 19.6% |
Child | 132,165 | 32.2% |
Other relatives | 17,008 | 4.1% |
Nonrelatives | 19,691 | 4.8% |
Unmarried partner | 9,910 | 2.4% |
Marital Status in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 157,286 | 100% |
Never married | 50,352 | 32.0% |
Now married, except separated | 85,645 | 54.5% |
Separated | 1,825 | 1.2% |
Widowed | 3,648 | 2.3% |
Divorced | 15,816 | 10.1% |
Females 15 years and over | 167,636 | 100% |
Never married | 45,540 | 27.2% |
Now married, except separated | 82,284 | 49.1% |
Separated | 2,831 | 1.7% |
Widowed | 15,281 | 9.1% |
Divorced | 21,700 | 12.9% |
Fertility in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 6,359 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 2,443 | 38.4% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 46 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 64 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 27 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 119 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 25 | 0% |
Grandparents in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 6,033 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 2,864 | 47.5% |
Less than 1 year | 1,023 | 17.0% |
1 or 2 years | 631 | 10.5% |
3 or 4 years | 402 | 6.7% |
5 or more years | 808 | 13.4% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 2,864 | 100% |
Who are female | 1,876 | 65.5% |
Who are married | 1,877 | 65.5% |
School Enrollment in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 116,519 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 7,743 | 6.6% |
Kindergarten | 5,834 | 5.0% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 49,647 | 42.6% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 25,148 | 21.6% |
College or graduate school | 28,147 | 24.2% |
Educational Attainment in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 267,891 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 10,297 | 3.8% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 18,497 | 6.9% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 86,317 | 32.2% |
Some college, no degree | 61,353 | 22.9% |
Associate's degree | 25,092 | 9.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 44,218 | 16.5% |
Graduate or professional degree | 22,117 | 8.3% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 89.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 24.8% |
Veteran Status in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 305,868 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 28,668 | 9.4% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 412,069 | 100% |
With a disability | 44,065 | 10.7% |
Under 18 years | 110,353 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,416 | 4.0% |
18 to 64 years | 252,497 | 100% |
With a disability | 22,999 | 9.1% |
65 years and over | 49,219 | 100% |
With a disability | 16,650 | 33.8% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 411,116 | 100% |
Same house | 358,570 | 87.2% |
Different house in the U.S. | 51,202 | 12.5% |
Same county | 36,972 | 9.0% |
Different county | 14,230 | 3.5% |
Same state | 7,435 | 1.8% |
Different state | 6,795 | 1.7% |
Abroad | 1,344 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 416,851 | 100% |
Native | 394,787 | 94.7% |
Born in United States | 392,486 | 94.2% |
State of residence | 290,571 | 69.7% |
Different state | 101,915 | 24.4% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 2,301 | 0.6% |
Foreign born | 22,064 | 5.3% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 22,064 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 8,659 | 39.2% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 13,405 | 60.8% |
Year of Entry in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 24,365 | 100% |
Native | 2,301 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 37 | 1.6% |
Entered before 2010 | 2,264 | 98.4% |
Foreign born | 22,064 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 1,053 | 4.8% |
Entered before 2010 | 21,011 | 95.2% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Fort Wayne
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 22,064 | 100% |
Europe | 3,807 | 17.3% |
Asia | 8,002 | 36.3% |
Africa | 903 | 4.1% |
Oceania | 41 | 0.2% |
Latin America | 8,531 | 38.7% |
Northern America | 780 | 3.5% |