Belle Plaine, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2005500, place: Belle Plaine city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 617 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (7.46%)
Kindergarten: 24 (3.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 298 (48.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 145 (23.5%)
College or graduate school: 104 (16.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,023 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 40 (3.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (7.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 380 (37.15%)
Some college, no degree: 299 (29.23%)
Associate degree: 74 (7.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 124 (12.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (3.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,260 (100%)
Never married: 277 (21.98%)
Now married, except separated: 775 (61.51%)
Separated: 6 (0.48%)
Total Widowed: 86 (6.83%)
Widowed Female: 79 (6.27%)
Total Divorced: 116 (9.21%)
Divorced Female: 60 (4.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 80 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 60 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,153 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 169 (14.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 541 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (4.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 877 (100%)
--With a disability: 156 (17.79%)
----Percent employed: 62.2%
--No disability: 721 (82.21%)
----Percent employed: 84.3%
Population 65 years and over: 200 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (39.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,618 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 935 (57.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 679 (41.97%)
--Same county: 286 (17.68%)
--Different county: 393 (24.29%)
----Same state: 296 (18.29%)
----Different state: 97 (6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,731 (100%)
Native: 1,722 (99.48%)
--Born in United States: 1,716 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,292 (74.64%)
----Different state: 424 (24.49%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.52%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 3 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,618 (100%)
English only: 1,552 (95.92%)
Language other than English: 66 (4.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 51 (3.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,731 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,699% (98.15%)
Arab: 2 (0.12%)
Czech: 16 (0.92%)
Danish: 10 (0.58%)
Dutch: 32 (1.85%)
English: 234 (13.52%)
French (except Basque): 92 (5.31%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.52%)
German: 443 (25.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 158 (9.13%)
Italian: 26 (1.5%)
Lithuanian: 1 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.46%)
Polish: 12 (0.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (2.66%)
Scottish: 31 (1.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 44 (2.54%)
Swiss: 1 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 255 (14.73%)
Welsh: 8 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 266 (15.37%)

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