Bel Aire, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2005337, place: Bel Aire city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,841 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 238 (12.93%)
Kindergarten: 115 (6.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 833 (45.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 330 (17.93%)
College or graduate school: 325 (17.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,698 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (0.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 85 (2.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 630 (17.04%)
Some college, no degree: 771 (20.85%)
Associate degree: 164 (4.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,387 (37.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 631 (17.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 54.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,255 (100%)
Never married: 771 (18.12%)
Now married, except separated: 3,087 (72.55%)
Separated: 16 (0.38%)
Total Widowed: 150 (3.53%)
Widowed Female: 119 (2.8%)
Total Divorced: 231 (5.43%)
Divorced Female: 162 (3.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (51.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,034 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 463 (11.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,483 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (1.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,499 (100%)
--With a disability: 379 (10.83%)
----Percent employed: 56.2%
--No disability: 3,120 (89.17%)
----Percent employed: 85.9%
Population 65 years and over: 371 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (32.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,362 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,770 (51.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,566 (47.86%)
--Same county: 1,724 (32.15%)
--Different county: 842 (15.7%)
----Same state: 245 (4.57%)
----Different state: 597 (11.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (0.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,038 (100%)
Native: 5,935 (98.29%)
--Born in United States: 5,877 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,799 (62.92%)
----Different state: 2,078 (34.42%)
--Born outside United States: 58 (0.96%)
Foreign born: 103 (1.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 50 (0.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 41 (0.68%)
--Not a citizen: 62 (1.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 103 (100%)
Europe: 41 (39.81%)
Asia: 29 (28.16%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 33 (32.04%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,362 (100%)
English only: 5,132 (95.71%)
Language other than English: 230 (4.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 113 (2.11%)
--Spanish: 112 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (1.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (0.99%)
----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: 6,038 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,494% (107.55%)
Arab: 48 (0.79%)
Czech: 45 (0.75%)
Danish: 45 (0.75%)
Dutch: 150 (2.48%)
English: 799 (13.23%)
French (except Basque): 191 (3.16%)
French Canadian: 58 (0.96%)
German: 1,852 (30.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.23%)
Irish: 559 (9.26%)
Italian: 98 (1.62%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 121 (2%)
Polish: 74 (1.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 13 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 120 (1.99%)
Scottish: 148 (2.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.38%)
Swedish: 317 (5.25%)
Swiss: 26 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 545 (9.03%)
Welsh: 54 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,194 (19.77%)

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