General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2006000, place: Benedict city, Kansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 19 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 15 (78.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4 (21.05%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 58 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9 (15.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8 (13.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 26 (44.83%)
Some college, no degree: 10 (17.24%)
Associate degree: 2 (3.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 1 (1.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (3.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 63 (100%)
Never married: 7 (11.11%)
Now married, except separated: 39 (61.9%)
Separated: 2 (3.17%)
Total Widowed: 8 (12.7%)
Widowed Female: 4 (6.35%)
Total Divorced: 7 (11.11%)
Divorced Female: 5 (7.94%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 61 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12 (19.67%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 20 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (10%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 39 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (35.9%)
----Percent employed: 42.9%
--No disability: 25 (64.1%)
----Percent employed: 68%
Population 65 years and over: 19 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (57.89%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 78 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 63 (80.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15 (19.23%)
--Same county: 11 (14.1%)
--Different county: 4 (5.13%)
----Same state: 2 (2.56%)
----Different state: 2 (2.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 85 (100%)
Native: 85 (100%)
--Born in United States: 85 (100%)
----State of residence: 65 (76.47%)
----Different state: 20 (23.53%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 78 (100%)
English only: 78 (100%)
Language other than English: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 85 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 58% (68.24%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (2.35%)
English: 14 (16.47%)
French (except Basque): 3 (3.53%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 11 (12.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 5 (5.88%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (3.53%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (2.35%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 14 (16.47%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4 (4.71%)
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