Cottonwood Falls, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2015900, place: Cottonwood Falls city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 222 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (7.21%)
Kindergarten: 14 (6.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 107 (48.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 67 (30.18%)
College or graduate school: 18 (8.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 660 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (4.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 54 (8.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 311 (47.12%)
Some college, no degree: 153 (23.18%)
Associate degree: 27 (4.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (9.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (3.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 776 (100%)
Never married: 170 (21.91%)
Now married, except separated: 354 (45.62%)
Separated: 10 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 134 (17.27%)
Widowed Female: 110 (14.18%)
Total Divorced: 108 (13.92%)
Divorced Female: 59 (7.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (26.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 740 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 104 (14.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 207 (100%)
--With a disability: 10 (4.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 424 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (17.45%)
----Percent employed: 60.8%
--No disability: 350 (82.55%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 163 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (50.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 907 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 447 (49.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 460 (50.72%)
--Same county: 210 (23.15%)
--Different county: 250 (27.56%)
----Same state: 155 (17.09%)
----Different state: 95 (10.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 960 (100%)
Native: 958 (99.79%)
--Born in United States: 951 (100%)
----State of residence: 723 (75.31%)
----Different state: 228 (23.75%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 907 (100%)
English only: 885 (97.57%)
Language other than English: 22 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 17 (1.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.66%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.33%)
----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: 960 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 993% (103.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 22 (2.29%)
Danish: 4 (0.42%)
Dutch: 31 (3.23%)
English: 114 (11.88%)
French (except Basque): 35 (3.65%)
French Canadian: 14 (1.46%)
German: 252 (26.25%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.42%)
Irish: 113 (11.77%)
Italian: 26 (2.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.42%)
Polish: 13 (1.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (3.23%)
Scottish: 12 (1.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.21%)
Swedish: 26 (2.71%)
Swiss: 11 (1.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 173 (18.02%)
Welsh: 21 (2.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 85 (8.85%)

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