Canton, KS

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2010475, place: Canton city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 206 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (4.85%)
Kindergarten: 17 (8.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 103 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 60 (29.13%)
College or graduate school: 16 (7.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 553 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 54 (9.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 69 (12.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 226 (40.87%)
Some college, no degree: 134 (24.23%)
Associate degree: 23 (4.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 38 (6.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (1.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 661 (100%)
Never married: 109 (16.49%)
Now married, except separated: 419 (63.39%)
Separated: 2 (0.3%)
Total Widowed: 81 (12.25%)
Widowed Female: 71 (10.74%)
Total Divorced: 50 (7.56%)
Divorced Female: 26 (3.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 628 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 83 (13.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 196 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (8.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 420 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (18.33%)
----Percent employed: 71.4%
--No disability: 343 (81.67%)
----Percent employed: 86.3%
Population 65 years and over: 123 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (43.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 786 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 481 (61.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 295 (37.53%)
--Same county: 182 (23.16%)
--Different county: 113 (14.38%)
----Same state: 86 (10.94%)
----Different state: 27 (3.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (1.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 843 (100%)
Native: 843 (100%)
--Born in United States: 839 (100%)
----State of residence: 663 (78.65%)
----Different state: 176 (20.88%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.47%)
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: 786 (100%)
English only: 748 (95.17%)
Language other than English: 38 (4.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.02%)
--Spanish: 20 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 843 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 786% (93.24%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.83%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 23 (2.73%)
English: 58 (6.88%)
French (except Basque): 20 (2.37%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 249 (29.54%)
Greek: 2 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 93 (11.03%)
Italian: 7 (0.83%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.24%)
Polish: 3 (0.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 18 (2.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 23 (2.73%)
Scottish: 10 (1.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 34 (4.03%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 142 (16.84%)
Welsh: 4 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 91 (10.79%)

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