Abilene, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2000125, place: Abilene city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,645 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 124 (7.54%)
Kindergarten: 61 (3.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 740 (44.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 434 (26.38%)
College or graduate school: 286 (17.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,535 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 191 (4.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 534 (11.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,726 (38.06%)
Some college, no degree: 1,121 (24.72%)
Associate degree: 202 (4.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 563 (12.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 198 (4.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,300 (100%)
Never married: 980 (18.49%)
Now married, except separated: 3,024 (57.06%)
Separated: 57 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 629 (11.87%)
Widowed Female: 504 (9.51%)
Total Divorced: 610 (11.51%)
Divorced Female: 378 (7.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 66 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (37.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,972 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 919 (18.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,408 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (5.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,453 (100%)
--With a disability: 720 (20.85%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
--No disability: 2,733 (79.15%)
----Percent employed: 87.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,218 (100%)
--With a disability: 599 (49.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,209 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,772 (60.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,397 (38.61%)
--Same county: 1,477 (23.79%)
--Different county: 920 (14.82%)
----Same state: 604 (9.73%)
----Different state: 316 (5.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,643 (100%)
Native: 6,507 (97.95%)
--Born in United States: 6,431 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,728 (71.17%)
----Different state: 1,703 (25.64%)
--Born outside United States: 76 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 136 (2.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 55 (0.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 83 (1.25%)
--Not a citizen: 53 (0.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 136 (100%)
Europe: 64 (47.06%)
Asia: 15 (11.03%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 57 (41.91%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,209 (100%)
English only: 5,904 (95.09%)
Language other than English: 305 (4.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 75 (1.21%)
--Spanish: 131 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 127 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 37 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,643 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,955% (104.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 134 (2.02%)
Danish: 97 (1.46%)
Dutch: 261 (3.93%)
English: 737 (11.09%)
French (except Basque): 258 (3.88%)
French Canadian: 53 (0.8%)
German: 1,944 (29.26%)
Greek: 7 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.12%)
Irish: 888 (13.37%)
Italian: 146 (2.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 127 (1.91%)
Polish: 104 (1.57%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.15%)
Russian: 30 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 92 (1.38%)
Scottish: 153 (2.3%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 298 (4.49%)
Swiss: 93 (1.4%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.11%)
United States or American: 685 (10.31%)
Welsh: 23 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 800 (12.04%)

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