Alden, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2000950, place: Alden city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 36 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (11.11%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 26 (72.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6 (16.67%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 127 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 10 (7.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 29 (22.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 35 (27.56%)
Some college, no degree: 42 (33.07%)
Associate degree: 2 (1.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 8 (6.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1 (0.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 143 (100%)
Never married: 20 (13.99%)
Now married, except separated: 107 (74.83%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 8 (5.59%)
Widowed Female: 8 (5.59%)
Total Divorced: 8 (5.59%)
Divorced Female: 0 (0%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 138 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 20 (14.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 36 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 106 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (14.15%)
----Percent employed: 26.7%
--No disability: 91 (85.85%)
----Percent employed: 86.8%
Population 65 years and over: 29 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (51.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 171 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 136 (79.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 35 (20.47%)
--Same county: 23 (13.45%)
--Different county: 12 (7.02%)
----Same state: 5 (2.92%)
----Different state: 7 (4.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 175 (100%)
Native: 173 (98.86%)
--Born in United States: 173 (100%)
----State of residence: 146 (83.43%)
----Different state: 27 (15.43%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (1.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (1.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 171 (100%)
English only: 162 (94.74%)
Language other than English: 9 (5.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (2.34%)
--Spanish: 7 (4.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (1.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 175 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 106% (60.57%)
Arab: 3 (1.71%)
Czech: 2 (1.14%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (1.14%)
English: 24 (13.71%)
French (except Basque): 3 (1.71%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 31 (17.71%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 9 (5.14%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (1.14%)
Scottish: 10 (5.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 5 (2.86%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 15 (8.57%)

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