Atwood, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2003150, place: Atwood city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 246 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (10.57%)
Kindergarten: 9 (3.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 118 (47.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 75 (30.49%)
College or graduate school: 18 (7.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 956 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 85 (8.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 72 (7.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 338 (35.36%)
Some college, no degree: 257 (26.88%)
Associate degree: 73 (7.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 98 (10.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (3.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,070 (100%)
Never married: 193 (18.04%)
Now married, except separated: 634 (59.25%)
Separated: 4 (0.37%)
Total Widowed: 146 (13.64%)
Widowed Female: 126 (11.78%)
Total Divorced: 93 (8.69%)
Divorced Female: 37 (3.46%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,007 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 162 (16.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 233 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (3.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 609 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (25.62%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
--No disability: 453 (74.38%)
----Percent employed: 84.3%
Population 65 years and over: 318 (100%)
--With a disability: 130 (40.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,212 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 695 (57.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 517 (42.66%)
--Same county: 297 (24.5%)
--Different county: 220 (18.15%)
----Same state: 78 (6.44%)
----Different state: 142 (11.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,280 (100%)
Native: 1,275 (99.61%)
--Born in United States: 1,272 (100%)
----State of residence: 892 (69.69%)
----Different state: 380 (29.69%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 2 (40%)
Asia: 1 (20%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (40%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,212 (100%)
English only: 1,174 (96.86%)
Language other than English: 38 (3.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.74%)
--Spanish: 12 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,280 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,351% (105.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 115 (8.98%)
Danish: 12 (0.94%)
Dutch: 44 (3.44%)
English: 113 (8.83%)
French (except Basque): 44 (3.44%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.63%)
German: 488 (38.13%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 26 (2.03%)
Irish: 137 (10.7%)
Italian: 17 (1.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.31%)
Polish: 8 (0.63%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (1.56%)
Scottish: 17 (1.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 55 (4.3%)
Swiss: 4 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 116 (9.06%)
Welsh: 13 (1.02%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 106 (8.28%)

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