Ellsworth, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2020500, place: Ellsworth city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 510 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 55 (10.78%)
Kindergarten: 28 (5.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 233 (45.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 113 (22.16%)
College or graduate school: 81 (15.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,152 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 99 (4.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 207 (9.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 833 (38.71%)
Some college, no degree: 552 (25.65%)
Associate degree: 120 (5.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 213 (9.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 128 (5.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,573 (100%)
Never married: 579 (22.5%)
Now married, except separated: 1,375 (53.44%)
Separated: 48 (1.87%)
Total Widowed: 256 (9.95%)
Widowed Female: 216 (8.39%)
Total Divorced: 315 (12.24%)
Divorced Female: 86 (3.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,476 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 413 (16.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 457 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (14.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,218 (100%)
--With a disability: 213 (17.49%)
----Percent employed: 57.7%
--No disability: 1,005 (82.51%)
----Percent employed: 90.1%
Population 65 years and over: 444 (100%)
--With a disability: 191 (43.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,852 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,628 (57.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,216 (42.64%)
--Same county: 398 (13.96%)
--Different county: 818 (28.68%)
----Same state: 616 (21.6%)
----Different state: 202 (7.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,981 (100%)
Native: 2,934 (98.42%)
--Born in United States: 2,920 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,194 (73.6%)
----Different state: 726 (24.35%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 47 (1.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (1.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 47 (100%)
Europe: 30 (63.83%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 5 (10.64%)
Latin America: 12 (25.53%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,852 (100%)
English only: 2,687 (94.21%)
Language other than English: 165 (5.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (1.3%)
--Spanish: 95 (3.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,981 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,069% (102.95%)
Arab: 7 (0.23%)
Czech: 205 (6.88%)
Danish: 41 (1.38%)
Dutch: 77 (2.58%)
English: 253 (8.49%)
French (except Basque): 100 (3.35%)
French Canadian: 69 (2.31%)
German: 1,052 (35.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 267 (8.96%)
Italian: 40 (1.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.6%)
Polish: 58 (1.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 17 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (1.11%)
Scottish: 40 (1.34%)
Slovak: 15 (0.5%)
Subsaharan African: 32 (1.07%)
Swedish: 84 (2.82%)
Swiss: 4 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 184 (6.17%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 473 (15.87%)

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