Alma, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2001350, place: Alma city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 192 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (5.21%)
Kindergarten: 7 (3.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 68 (35.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 71 (36.98%)
College or graduate school: 36 (18.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 577 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 37 (6.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 20 (3.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 258 (44.71%)
Some college, no degree: 140 (24.26%)
Associate degree: 6 (1.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 61 (10.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 55 (9.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 682 (100%)
Never married: 135 (19.79%)
Now married, except separated: 400 (58.65%)
Separated: 13 (1.91%)
Total Widowed: 64 (9.38%)
Widowed Female: 51 (7.48%)
Total Divorced: 70 (10.26%)
Divorced Female: 22 (3.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (76.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 631 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 117 (18.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 166 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (0.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 380 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (9.21%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 345 (90.79%)
----Percent employed: 83.8%
Population 65 years and over: 171 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (39.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 770 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 418 (54.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 352 (45.71%)
--Same county: 133 (17.27%)
--Different county: 219 (28.44%)
----Same state: 183 (23.77%)
----Different state: 36 (4.68%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 808 (100%)
Native: 793 (98.14%)
--Born in United States: 787 (100%)
----State of residence: 614 (75.99%)
----Different state: 173 (21.41%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 15 (1.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.74%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (1.11%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (13.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (86.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 770 (100%)
English only: 745 (96.75%)
Language other than English: 25 (3.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.78%)
--Spanish: 15 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 808 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 765% (94.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.25%)
Dutch: 33 (4.08%)
English: 33 (4.08%)
French (except Basque): 32 (3.96%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 405 (50.12%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.25%)
Irish: 55 (6.81%)
Italian: 4 (0.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.37%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (1.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (3.34%)
Scottish: 8 (0.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 47 (5.82%)
Swiss: 4 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 51 (6.31%)
Welsh: 2 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 42 (5.2%)

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