Ford, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2023725, place: Ford city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 67 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (13.43%)
Kindergarten: 5 (7.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 24 (35.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 21 (31.34%)
College or graduate school: 8 (11.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 187 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13 (6.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 43 (22.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 66 (35.29%)
Some college, no degree: 56 (29.95%)
Associate degree: 2 (1.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 2 (1.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5 (2.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 234 (100%)
Never married: 48 (20.51%)
Now married, except separated: 139 (59.4%)
Separated: 7 (2.99%)
Total Widowed: 12 (5.13%)
Widowed Female: 8 (3.42%)
Total Divorced: 28 (11.97%)
Divorced Female: 12 (5.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 222 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 32 (14.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 61 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (1.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 170 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (30%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
--No disability: 119 (70%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 41 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (34.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 272 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 125 (45.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 142 (52.21%)
--Same county: 100 (36.76%)
--Different county: 42 (15.44%)
----Same state: 14 (5.15%)
----Different state: 28 (10.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (1.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 300 (100%)
Native: 282 (94%)
--Born in United States: 279 (100%)
----State of residence: 195 (65%)
----Different state: 84 (28%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (1%)
Foreign born: 18 (6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 18 (6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 272 (100%)
English only: 236 (86.76%)
Language other than English: 36 (13.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (6.62%)
--Spanish: 30 (11.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (5.88%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 300 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 299% (99.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (4.67%)
English: 17 (5.67%)
French (except Basque): 11 (3.67%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 86 (28.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 60 (20%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 10 (3.33%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.67%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (1.33%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 21 (7%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 74 (24.67%)

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