Girard, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2026300, place: Girard city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 596 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (3.19%)
Kindergarten: 48 (8.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 285 (47.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 177 (29.7%)
College or graduate school: 67 (11.24%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,840 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 86 (4.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 164 (8.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 712 (38.7%)
Some college, no degree: 442 (24.02%)
Associate degree: 117 (6.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 219 (11.9%)
Graduate or professional degree: 100 (5.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,232 (100%)
Never married: 439 (19.67%)
Now married, except separated: 1,300 (58.24%)
Separated: 54 (2.42%)
Total Widowed: 195 (8.74%)
Widowed Female: 179 (8.02%)
Total Divorced: 244 (10.93%)
Divorced Female: 140 (6.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (57.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,100 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 342 (16.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 607 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (9.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,350 (100%)
--With a disability: 312 (23.11%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
--No disability: 1,038 (76.89%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 458 (100%)
--With a disability: 178 (38.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,616 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,366 (52.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,227 (46.9%)
--Same county: 714 (27.29%)
--Different county: 513 (19.61%)
----Same state: 228 (8.72%)
----Different state: 285 (10.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,791 (100%)
Native: 2,777 (99.5%)
--Born in United States: 2,767 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,930 (69.15%)
----Different state: 837 (29.99%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 14 (0.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.25%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 3 (21.43%)
Asia: 7 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 4 (28.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,616 (100%)
English only: 2,540 (97.09%)
Language other than English: 76 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.61%)
--Spanish: 33 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,791 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,460% (88.14%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.14%)
Dutch: 32 (1.15%)
English: 293 (10.5%)
French (except Basque): 194 (6.95%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 630 (22.57%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.14%)
Irish: 316 (11.32%)
Italian: 116 (4.16%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.43%)
Polish: 36 (1.29%)
Portuguese: 30 (1.07%)
Russian: 4 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 54 (1.93%)
Scottish: 45 (1.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 37 (1.33%)
Swiss: 4 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 299 (10.71%)
Welsh: 17 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 326 (11.68%)

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