Americus, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2001675, place: Americus city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 252 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (9.13%)
Kindergarten: 29 (11.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 113 (44.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 59 (23.41%)
College or graduate school: 28 (11.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 565 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 28 (4.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 60 (10.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 245 (43.36%)
Some college, no degree: 123 (21.77%)
Associate degree: 43 (7.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 43 (7.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23 (4.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 707 (100%)
Never married: 158 (22.35%)
Now married, except separated: 439 (62.09%)
Separated: 8 (1.13%)
Total Widowed: 57 (8.06%)
Widowed Female: 45 (6.36%)
Total Divorced: 45 (6.36%)
Divorced Female: 34 (4.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (28.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 651 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 85 (13.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 256 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (12.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 516 (100%)
--With a disability: 122 (23.64%)
----Percent employed: 75.4%
--No disability: 394 (76.36%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 90 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (28.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 862 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 449 (52.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 409 (47.45%)
--Same county: 261 (30.28%)
--Different county: 148 (17.17%)
----Same state: 98 (11.37%)
----Different state: 50 (5.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 928 (100%)
Native: 926 (99.78%)
--Born in United States: 926 (100%)
----State of residence: 729 (78.56%)
----Different state: 197 (21.23%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1 (0.11%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 1 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 862 (100%)
English only: 840 (97.45%)
Language other than English: 22 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 18 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 928 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 730% (78.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (1.08%)
Danish: 17 (1.83%)
Dutch: 42 (4.53%)
English: 89 (9.59%)
French (except Basque): 19 (2.05%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.22%)
German: 172 (18.53%)
Greek: 5 (0.54%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.97%)
Irish: 79 (8.51%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.86%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.22%)
Russian: 2 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.29%)
Scottish: 9 (0.97%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (1.29%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 141 (15.19%)
Welsh: 17 (1.83%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 83 (8.94%)

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