General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2010600, place: Carbondale city, Kansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 442 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (6.56%)
Kindergarten: 20 (4.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 236 (53.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 106 (23.98%)
College or graduate school: 51 (11.54%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 898 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 57 (6.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 86 (9.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 417 (46.44%)
Some college, no degree: 235 (26.17%)
Associate degree: 27 (3.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 61 (6.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15 (1.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,095 (100%)
Never married: 235 (21.46%)
Now married, except separated: 595 (54.34%)
Separated: 8 (0.73%)
Total Widowed: 74 (6.76%)
Widowed Female: 64 (5.84%)
Total Divorced: 183 (16.71%)
Divorced Female: 108 (9.86%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,009 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 171 (16.95%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 422 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (11.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 796 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (22.11%)
----Percent employed: 50.6%
--No disability: 620 (77.89%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 148 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (54.05%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,371 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 872 (63.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 492 (35.89%)
--Same county: 188 (13.71%)
--Different county: 304 (22.17%)
----Same state: 220 (16.05%)
----Different state: 84 (6.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.51%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,475 (100%)
Native: 1,462 (99.12%)
--Born in United States: 1,457 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,117 (75.73%)
----Different state: 340 (23.05%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 13 (0.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 10 (0.68%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.2%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 4 (30.77%)
Asia: 2 (15.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 3 (23.08%)
Latin America: 4 (30.77%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,371 (100%)
English only: 1,335 (97.37%)
Language other than English: 36 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.44%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,475 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,185% (80.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.2%)
Danish: 5 (0.34%)
Dutch: 42 (2.85%)
English: 101 (6.85%)
French (except Basque): 57 (3.86%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.54%)
German: 314 (21.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 163 (11.05%)
Italian: 20 (1.36%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (1.15%)
Polish: 9 (0.61%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.14%)
Russian: 4 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.15%)
Scottish: 36 (2.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 36 (2.44%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 158 (10.71%)
Welsh: 12 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 179 (12.14%)
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