Benton, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2006175, place: Benton city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 251 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (11.95%)
Kindergarten: 7 (2.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 121 (48.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 34 (13.55%)
College or graduate school: 59 (23.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 516 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 25 (4.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 53 (10.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 150 (29.07%)
Some college, no degree: 170 (32.95%)
Associate degree: 29 (5.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 61 (11.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (5.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 610 (100%)
Never married: 110 (18.03%)
Now married, except separated: 422 (69.18%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 30 (4.92%)
Widowed Female: 26 (4.26%)
Total Divorced: 48 (7.87%)
Divorced Female: 28 (4.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (57.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 586 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 98 (16.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 200 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (3.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 466 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (12.88%)
----Percent employed: 80%
--No disability: 406 (87.12%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
Population 65 years and over: 88 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (39.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 754 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 327 (43.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 427 (56.63%)
--Same county: 229 (30.37%)
--Different county: 198 (26.26%)
----Same state: 150 (19.89%)
----Different state: 48 (6.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 827 (100%)
Native: 827 (100%)
--Born in United States: 817 (100%)
----State of residence: 624 (75.45%)
----Different state: 193 (23.34%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (1.21%)
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 BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 754 (100%)
English only: 740 (98.14%)
Language other than English: 14 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.8%)
--Spanish: 14 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.8%)
--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: 827 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 730% (88.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.36%)
Danish: 3 (0.36%)
Dutch: 14 (1.69%)
English: 127 (15.36%)
French (except Basque): 20 (2.42%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 176 (21.28%)
Greek: 3 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 107 (12.94%)
Italian: 30 (3.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.6%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (1.57%)
Scottish: 30 (3.63%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 17 (2.06%)
Swiss: 14 (1.69%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 87 (10.52%)
Welsh: 6 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 75 (9.07%)

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