Colony, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2014950, place: Colony city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 93 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (8.6%)
Kindergarten: 9 (9.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 42 (45.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (25.81%)
College or graduate school: 10 (10.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 233 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 23 (9.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 42 (18.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 93 (39.91%)
Some college, no degree: 43 (18.45%)
Associate degree: 16 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 8 (3.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (3.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 278 (100%)
Never married: 43 (15.47%)
Now married, except separated: 190 (68.35%)
Separated: 3 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 28 (10.07%)
Widowed Female: 24 (8.63%)
Total Divorced: 14 (5.04%)
Divorced Female: 10 (3.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (27.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 255 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 36 (14.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 90 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (2.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 160 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (25%)
----Percent employed: 40%
--No disability: 120 (75%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 88 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (45.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 338 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 196 (57.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 142 (42.01%)
--Same county: 54 (15.98%)
--Different county: 88 (26.04%)
----Same state: 65 (19.23%)
----Different state: 23 (6.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 373 (100%)
Native: 373 (100%)
--Born in United States: 373 (100%)
----State of residence: 258 (69.17%)
----Different state: 115 (30.83%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
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: 338 (100%)
English only: 332 (98.22%)
Language other than English: 6 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.89%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 373 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 309% (82.84%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.54%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (3.75%)
English: 24 (6.43%)
French (except Basque): 6 (1.61%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 70 (18.77%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 47 (12.6%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (1.07%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (1.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (2.41%)
Scottish: 10 (2.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.27%)
Swiss: 5 (1.34%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 41 (10.99%)
Welsh: 6 (1.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 66 (17.69%)

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