Cheney, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2012775, place: Cheney city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 508 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (6.3%)
Kindergarten: 23 (4.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 295 (58.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 110 (21.65%)
College or graduate school: 48 (9.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,141 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 53 (4.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 97 (8.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 418 (36.63%)
Some college, no degree: 257 (22.52%)
Associate degree: 65 (5.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 194 (17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 57 (5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,323 (100%)
Never married: 213 (16.1%)
Now married, except separated: 892 (67.42%)
Separated: 6 (0.45%)
Total Widowed: 103 (7.79%)
Widowed Female: 89 (6.73%)
Total Divorced: 109 (8.24%)
Divorced Female: 62 (4.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (20%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,244 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 181 (14.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 486 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (3.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 883 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (11.78%)
----Percent employed: 65.4%
--No disability: 779 (88.22%)
----Percent employed: 86.9%
Population 65 years and over: 249 (100%)
--With a disability: 90 (36.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,673 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,059 (63.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 610 (36.46%)
--Same county: 371 (22.18%)
--Different county: 239 (14.29%)
----Same state: 151 (9.03%)
----Different state: 88 (5.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,794 (100%)
Native: 1,790 (99.78%)
--Born in United States: 1,778 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,347 (75.08%)
----Different state: 431 (24.02%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.22%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,673 (100%)
English only: 1,647 (98.45%)
Language other than English: 26 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.36%)
--Spanish: 14 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.72%)
----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: 1,794 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,639% (91.36%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 22 (1.23%)
Danish: 10 (0.56%)
Dutch: 49 (2.73%)
English: 203 (11.32%)
French (except Basque): 48 (2.68%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.45%)
German: 657 (36.62%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 173 (9.64%)
Italian: 2 (0.11%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 33 (1.84%)
Polish: 17 (0.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (1.51%)
Scottish: 43 (2.4%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 21 (1.17%)
Swiss: 4 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 162 (9.03%)
Welsh: 17 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 139 (7.75%)

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