Elkhart, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2020350, place: Elkhart city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 611 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 58 (9.49%)
Kindergarten: 32 (5.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 278 (45.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 168 (27.5%)
College or graduate school: 75 (12.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,396 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 108 (7.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 151 (10.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 498 (35.67%)
Some college, no degree: 309 (22.13%)
Associate degree: 74 (5.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 185 (13.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 71 (5.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,709 (100%)
Never married: 307 (17.96%)
Now married, except separated: 1,093 (63.96%)
Separated: 12 (0.7%)
Total Widowed: 162 (9.48%)
Widowed Female: 145 (8.48%)
Total Divorced: 135 (7.9%)
Divorced Female: 73 (4.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (38.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,602 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 165 (10.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 554 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (4.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,161 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (15.16%)
----Percent employed: 56.3%
--No disability: 985 (84.84%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (29.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,051 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,144 (55.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 837 (40.81%)
--Same county: 442 (21.55%)
--Different county: 395 (19.26%)
----Same state: 131 (6.39%)
----Different state: 264 (12.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 70 (3.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,235 (100%)
Native: 2,024 (90.56%)
--Born in United States: 2,009 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,115 (49.89%)
----Different state: 894 (40%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 211 (9.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 132 (5.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 62 (2.77%)
--Not a citizen: 149 (6.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 211 (100%)
Europe: 2 (0.95%)
Asia: 37 (17.54%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 171 (81.04%)
Northern America: 1 (0.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,051 (100%)
English only: 1,729 (84.3%)
Language other than English: 322 (15.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (7.22%)
--Spanish: 231 (11.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 110 (5.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 51 (2.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (1.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 39 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.54%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,235 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,020% (90.38%)
Arab: 8 (0.36%)
Czech: 5 (0.22%)
Danish: 11 (0.49%)
Dutch: 63 (2.82%)
English: 173 (7.74%)
French (except Basque): 67 (3%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.4%)
German: 411 (18.39%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 203 (9.08%)
Italian: 10 (0.45%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 13 (0.58%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (1.79%)
Scottish: 30 (1.34%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (0.58%)
Swiss: 4 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.36%)
United States or American: 353 (15.79%)
Welsh: 12 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.31%)
Other ancestries: 572 (25.59%)

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