Burlington, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2009400, place: Burlington city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 752 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (6.91%)
Kindergarten: 28 (3.72%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 372 (49.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 200 (26.6%)
College or graduate school: 100 (13.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,846 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 113 (6.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 215 (11.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 659 (35.7%)
Some college, no degree: 401 (21.72%)
Associate degree: 93 (5.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 252 (13.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 113 (6.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,226 (100%)
Never married: 467 (20.98%)
Now married, except separated: 1,255 (56.38%)
Separated: 16 (0.72%)
Total Widowed: 231 (10.38%)
Widowed Female: 198 (8.89%)
Total Divorced: 257 (11.55%)
Divorced Female: 159 (7.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (46.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,076 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 306 (14.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 663 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (8.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,466 (100%)
--With a disability: 271 (18.49%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 1,195 (81.51%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 427 (100%)
--With a disability: 204 (47.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,639 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,480 (56.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,137 (43.08%)
--Same county: 640 (24.25%)
--Different county: 497 (18.83%)
----Same state: 349 (13.22%)
----Different state: 148 (5.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22 (0.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,805 (100%)
Native: 2,767 (98.65%)
--Born in United States: 2,747 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,027 (72.26%)
----Different state: 720 (25.67%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 38 (1.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 28 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.36%)
--Not a citizen: 28 (1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 38 (100%)
Europe: 14 (36.84%)
Asia: 17 (44.74%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (18.42%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,639 (100%)
English only: 2,533 (95.98%)
Language other than English: 106 (4.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.76%)
--Spanish: 39 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,805 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,403% (85.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.21%)
Danish: 11 (0.39%)
Dutch: 50 (1.78%)
English: 276 (9.84%)
French (except Basque): 60 (2.14%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.11%)
German: 685 (24.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 355 (12.66%)
Italian: 41 (1.46%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 21 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 44 (1.57%)
Scottish: 54 (1.93%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 29 (1.03%)
Swiss: 4 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 428 (15.26%)
Welsh: 56 (2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 277 (9.88%)

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