Ellis, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2020450, place: Ellis city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 477 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (7.13%)
Kindergarten: 28 (5.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 211 (44.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 108 (22.64%)
College or graduate school: 96 (20.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,294 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 161 (12.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 94 (7.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 435 (33.62%)
Some college, no degree: 287 (22.18%)
Associate degree: 69 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 166 (12.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 82 (6.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,536 (100%)
Never married: 302 (19.66%)
Now married, except separated: 900 (58.59%)
Separated: 8 (0.52%)
Total Widowed: 167 (10.87%)
Widowed Female: 143 (9.31%)
Total Divorced: 159 (10.35%)
Divorced Female: 91 (5.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,450 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 140 (9.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 404 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (7.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,026 (100%)
--With a disability: 118 (11.5%)
----Percent employed: 46.6%
--No disability: 908 (88.5%)
----Percent employed: 87.7%
Population 65 years and over: 312 (100%)
--With a disability: 142 (45.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,806 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,082 (59.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 724 (40.09%)
--Same county: 401 (22.2%)
--Different county: 323 (17.88%)
----Same state: 168 (9.3%)
----Different state: 155 (8.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,906 (100%)
Native: 1,878 (98.53%)
--Born in United States: 1,873 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,563 (82%)
----Different state: 310 (16.26%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.26%)
Foreign born: 28 (1.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (0.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 28 (100%)
Europe: 4 (14.29%)
Asia: 3 (10.71%)
Africa: 2 (7.14%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (67.86%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,806 (100%)
English only: 1,736 (96.12%)
Language other than English: 70 (3.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.89%)
--Spanish: 31 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,906 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,772% (92.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 35 (1.84%)
Danish: 2 (0.1%)
Dutch: 20 (1.05%)
English: 105 (5.51%)
French (except Basque): 78 (4.09%)
French Canadian: 22 (1.15%)
German: 906 (47.53%)
Greek: 7 (0.37%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 163 (8.55%)
Italian: 3 (0.16%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.94%)
Polish: 13 (0.68%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (1.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (0.73%)
Scottish: 27 (1.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.1%)
Swedish: 33 (1.73%)
Swiss: 2 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 111 (5.82%)
Welsh: 3 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 186 (9.76%)

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