Bird City, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2006825, place: Bird City city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 102 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (4.9%)
Kindergarten: 5 (4.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 51 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (31.37%)
College or graduate school: 9 (8.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 338 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 34 (10.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22 (6.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 144 (42.6%)
Some college, no degree: 86 (25.44%)
Associate degree: 18 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 26 (7.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (2.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 380 (100%)
Never married: 74 (19.47%)
Now married, except separated: 220 (57.89%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 52 (13.68%)
Widowed Female: 43 (11.32%)
Total Divorced: 34 (8.95%)
Divorced Female: 21 (5.53%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 357 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 48 (13.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 93 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (4.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 201 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (34.83%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
--No disability: 131 (65.17%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 152 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (54.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 446 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 292 (65.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 154 (34.53%)
--Same county: 65 (14.57%)
--Different county: 89 (19.96%)
----Same state: 53 (11.88%)
----Different state: 36 (8.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 469 (100%)
Native: 463 (98.72%)
--Born in United States: 463 (100%)
----State of residence: 289 (61.62%)
----Different state: 174 (37.1%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (1.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (1.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (1.28%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 446 (100%)
English only: 422 (94.62%)
Language other than English: 24 (5.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (1.35%)
--Spanish: 10 (2.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (1.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (3.14%)
----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: 469 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 460% (98.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (2.99%)
Danish: 13 (2.77%)
Dutch: 5 (1.07%)
English: 59 (12.58%)
French (except Basque): 17 (3.62%)
French Canadian: 6 (1.28%)
German: 165 (35.18%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.64%)
Irish: 60 (12.79%)
Italian: 4 (0.85%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (1.28%)
Polish: 2 (0.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (2.77%)
Scottish: 8 (1.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.43%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 44 (9.38%)
Welsh: 10 (2.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 27 (5.76%)

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