Basehor, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2004400, place: Basehor city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 659 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 45 (6.83%)
Kindergarten: 44 (6.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 285 (43.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 185 (28.07%)
College or graduate school: 100 (15.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,407 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 39 (2.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 92 (6.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 616 (43.78%)
Some college, no degree: 340 (24.16%)
Associate degree: 116 (8.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 125 (8.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 79 (5.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,736 (100%)
Never married: 386 (22.24%)
Now married, except separated: 1,076 (61.98%)
Separated: 11 (0.63%)
Total Widowed: 99 (5.7%)
Widowed Female: 81 (4.67%)
Total Divorced: 164 (9.45%)
Divorced Female: 98 (5.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 39 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (61.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,573 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 224 (14.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 616 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (6.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,241 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (14.5%)
----Percent employed: 70%
--No disability: 1,061 (85.5%)
----Percent employed: 84.4%
Population 65 years and over: 235 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (40%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,094 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,250 (59.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 832 (39.73%)
--Same county: 228 (10.89%)
--Different county: 604 (28.84%)
----Same state: 446 (21.3%)
----Different state: 158 (7.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,254 (100%)
Native: 2,228 (98.85%)
--Born in United States: 2,226 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,495 (66.33%)
----Different state: 731 (32.43%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.09%)
Foreign born: 26 (1.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 18 (69.23%)
Asia: 4 (15.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (15.38%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,094 (100%)
English only: 2,016 (96.28%)
Language other than English: 78 (3.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.58%)
--Spanish: 40 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,254 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,101% (93.21%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.58%)
Danish: 5 (0.22%)
Dutch: 42 (1.86%)
English: 156 (6.92%)
French (except Basque): 81 (3.59%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.22%)
German: 587 (26.04%)
Greek: 5 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.09%)
Irish: 290 (12.87%)
Italian: 59 (2.62%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 23 (1.02%)
Polish: 42 (1.86%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.13%)
Russian: 7 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (2.13%)
Scottish: 46 (2.04%)
Slovak: 3 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 77 (3.42%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.13%)
United States or American: 184 (8.16%)
Welsh: 22 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 392 (17.39%)

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