Bennington, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2006075, place: Bennington city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 157 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (5.1%)
Kindergarten: 23 (14.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 77 (49.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 39 (24.84%)
College or graduate school: 10 (6.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 404 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 25 (6.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 28 (6.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 134 (33.17%)
Some college, no degree: 122 (30.2%)
Associate degree: 22 (5.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 57 (14.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (3.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 459 (100%)
Never married: 74 (16.12%)
Now married, except separated: 294 (64.05%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 19 (4.14%)
Widowed Female: 16 (3.49%)
Total Divorced: 72 (15.69%)
Divorced Female: 36 (7.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 428 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 65 (15.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 156 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (6.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 332 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (15.36%)
----Percent employed: 54.9%
--No disability: 281 (84.64%)
----Percent employed: 92.2%
Population 65 years and over: 83 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (53.01%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 571 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 314 (54.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 247 (43.26%)
--Same county: 77 (13.49%)
--Different county: 170 (29.77%)
----Same state: 138 (24.17%)
----Different state: 32 (5.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (1.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 621 (100%)
Native: 606 (97.58%)
--Born in United States: 604 (100%)
----State of residence: 462 (74.4%)
----Different state: 142 (22.87%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 15 (2.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (2.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.32%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (2.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 10 (76.92%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (23.08%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 571 (100%)
English only: 555 (97.2%)
Language other than English: 16 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (1.23%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (1.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 621 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 585% (94.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.97%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 28 (4.51%)
English: 103 (16.59%)
French (except Basque): 39 (6.28%)
French Canadian: 7 (1.13%)
German: 208 (33.49%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 44 (7.09%)
Italian: 4 (0.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.16%)
Polish: 1 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.81%)
Scottish: 1 (0.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (1.61%)
Swedish: 17 (2.74%)
Swiss: 3 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 70 (11.27%)
Welsh: 6 (0.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 32 (5.15%)

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