Beloit, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2005775, place: Beloit city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,088 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (3.22%)
Kindergarten: 54 (4.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 421 (38.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 309 (28.4%)
College or graduate school: 269 (24.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,616 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 169 (6.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 155 (5.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 917 (35.05%)
Some college, no degree: 649 (24.81%)
Associate degree: 193 (7.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 362 (13.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 171 (6.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,269 (100%)
Never married: 798 (24.41%)
Now married, except separated: 1,908 (58.37%)
Separated: 29 (0.89%)
Total Widowed: 323 (9.88%)
Widowed Female: 287 (8.78%)
Total Divorced: 211 (6.45%)
Divorced Female: 112 (3.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,036 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 367 (12.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 923 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (8.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,900 (100%)
--With a disability: 334 (17.58%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
--No disability: 1,566 (82.42%)
----Percent employed: 85.2%
Population 65 years and over: 750 (100%)
--With a disability: 336 (44.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,780 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,128 (56.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,602 (42.38%)
--Same county: 932 (24.66%)
--Different county: 670 (17.72%)
----Same state: 477 (12.62%)
----Different state: 193 (5.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 50 (1.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,997 (100%)
Native: 3,979 (99.55%)
--Born in United States: 3,971 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,215 (80.44%)
----Different state: 756 (18.91%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 18 (0.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.1%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 7 (38.89%)
Asia: 11 (61.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,780 (100%)
English only: 3,663 (96.9%)
Language other than English: 117 (3.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.87%)
--Spanish: 51 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,997 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,615% (90.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 72 (1.8%)
Danish: 14 (0.35%)
Dutch: 95 (2.38%)
English: 443 (11.08%)
French (except Basque): 89 (2.23%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.18%)
German: 1,448 (36.23%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 362 (9.06%)
Italian: 52 (1.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 43 (1.08%)
Polish: 31 (0.78%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 89 (2.23%)
Scottish: 80 (2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.15%)
Swedish: 130 (3.25%)
Swiss: 24 (0.6%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 395 (9.88%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 225 (5.63%)

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