De Soto, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2017850, place: De Soto city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,137 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 89 (7.83%)
Kindergarten: 78 (6.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 604 (53.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 205 (18.03%)
College or graduate school: 161 (14.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,737 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (3.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 281 (10.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 908 (33.18%)
Some college, no degree: 586 (21.41%)
Associate degree: 204 (7.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 428 (15.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 226 (8.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,298 (100%)
Never married: 658 (19.95%)
Now married, except separated: 2,104 (63.8%)
Separated: 33 (1%)
Total Widowed: 132 (4%)
Widowed Female: 118 (3.58%)
Total Divorced: 371 (11.25%)
Divorced Female: 170 (5.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 44 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,107 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 442 (14.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,099 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (5.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,619 (100%)
--With a disability: 337 (12.87%)
----Percent employed: 71.8%
--No disability: 2,282 (87.13%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 350 (100%)
--With a disability: 136 (38.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,068 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,177 (53.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,840 (45.23%)
--Same county: 1,008 (24.78%)
--Different county: 832 (20.45%)
----Same state: 295 (7.25%)
----Different state: 537 (13.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (1.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,438 (100%)
Native: 4,232 (95.36%)
--Born in United States: 4,203 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,138 (48.17%)
----Different state: 2,065 (46.53%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 206 (4.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 67 (1.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 49 (1.1%)
--Not a citizen: 157 (3.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 206 (100%)
Europe: 6 (2.91%)
Asia: 10 (4.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (4.37%)
Latin America: 175 (84.95%)
Northern America: 6 (2.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,068 (100%)
English only: 3,716 (91.35%)
Language other than English: 352 (8.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 129 (3.17%)
--Spanish: 297 (7.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (3.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,438 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,592% (103.47%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 19 (0.43%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 96 (2.16%)
English: 652 (14.69%)
French (except Basque): 164 (3.7%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.52%)
German: 1,035 (23.32%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.36%)
Irish: 605 (13.63%)
Italian: 54 (1.22%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 42 (0.95%)
Polish: 74 (1.67%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 27 (0.61%)
Scotch-Irish: 150 (3.38%)
Scottish: 77 (1.74%)
Slovak: 20 (0.45%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 70 (1.58%)
Swiss: 17 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 486 (10.95%)
Welsh: 27 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 931 (20.98%)

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