Blue Rapids, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2007650, place: Blue Rapids city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 245 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (6.53%)
Kindergarten: 11 (4.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 118 (48.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 80 (32.65%)
College or graduate school: 20 (8.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 736 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (6.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 104 (14.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 322 (43.75%)
Some college, no degree: 163 (22.15%)
Associate degree: 24 (3.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 36 (4.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 38 (5.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 891 (100%)
Never married: 200 (22.45%)
Now married, except separated: 503 (56.45%)
Separated: 11 (1.23%)
Total Widowed: 85 (9.54%)
Widowed Female: 71 (7.97%)
Total Divorced: 92 (10.33%)
Divorced Female: 37 (4.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (55.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 821 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 149 (18.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 242 (100%)
--With a disability: 30 (12.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 525 (100%)
--With a disability: 179 (34.1%)
----Percent employed: 70.4%
--No disability: 346 (65.9%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 225 (100%)
--With a disability: 110 (48.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,029 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 657 (63.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 369 (35.86%)
--Same county: 236 (22.93%)
--Different county: 133 (12.93%)
----Same state: 59 (5.73%)
----Different state: 74 (7.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,085 (100%)
Native: 1,080 (99.54%)
--Born in United States: 1,080 (100%)
----State of residence: 850 (78.34%)
----Different state: 230 (21.2%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 5 (0.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 5 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,029 (100%)
English only: 990 (96.21%)
Language other than English: 39 (3.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (2.82%)
----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: 1,085 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,248% (115.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 61 (5.62%)
Danish: 8 (0.74%)
Dutch: 27 (2.49%)
English: 147 (13.55%)
French (except Basque): 21 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.28%)
German: 425 (39.17%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 172 (15.85%)
Italian: 11 (1.01%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (1.57%)
Polish: 11 (1.01%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.55%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (1.47%)
Scottish: 13 (1.2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 81 (7.47%)
Swiss: 8 (0.74%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 132 (12.17%)
Welsh: 8 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 81 (7.47%)

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