Augusta, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2003300, place: Augusta city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,227 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 112 (5.03%)
Kindergarten: 81 (3.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,101 (49.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 544 (24.43%)
College or graduate school: 389 (17.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,375 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 239 (4.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 498 (9.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,609 (29.93%)
Some college, no degree: 1,462 (27.2%)
Associate degree: 430 (8%)
Bachelor's degree: 810 (15.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 327 (6.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,586 (100%)
Never married: 1,273 (19.33%)
Now married, except separated: 4,074 (61.86%)
Separated: 34 (0.52%)
Total Widowed: 622 (9.44%)
Widowed Female: 534 (8.11%)
Total Divorced: 583 (8.85%)
Divorced Female: 324 (4.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 120 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 112 (93.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,157 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 864 (14.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,169 (100%)
--With a disability: 148 (6.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,356 (100%)
--With a disability: 701 (16.09%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
--No disability: 3,655 (83.91%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,239 (100%)
--With a disability: 645 (52.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,895 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,813 (48.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,003 (50.7%)
--Same county: 2,460 (31.16%)
--Different county: 1,543 (19.54%)
----Same state: 928 (11.75%)
----Different state: 615 (7.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 79 (1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,449 (100%)
Native: 8,344 (98.76%)
--Born in United States: 8,279 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,762 (68.2%)
----Different state: 2,517 (29.79%)
--Born outside United States: 65 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 105 (1.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 35 (0.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 50 (0.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 105 (100%)
Europe: 29 (27.62%)
Asia: 43 (40.95%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 13 (12.38%)
Latin America: 20 (19.05%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,895 (100%)
English only: 7,611 (96.4%)
Language other than English: 284 (3.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 144 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 75 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 48 (0.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,449 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,910% (93.62%)
Arab: 21 (0.25%)
Czech: 25 (0.3%)
Danish: 47 (0.56%)
Dutch: 314 (3.72%)
English: 1,007 (11.92%)
French (except Basque): 295 (3.49%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.45%)
German: 1,903 (22.52%)
Greek: 12 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,046 (12.38%)
Italian: 240 (2.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 37 (0.44%)
Polish: 88 (1.04%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.07%)
Russian: 35 (0.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 190 (2.25%)
Scottish: 114 (1.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 155 (1.83%)
Swiss: 55 (0.65%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 961 (11.37%)
Welsh: 52 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,269 (15.02%)

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