Herington, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2031400, place: Herington city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 566 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (3.71%)
Kindergarten: 54 (9.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 275 (48.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 151 (26.68%)
College or graduate school: 65 (11.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,757 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 140 (7.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 173 (9.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 807 (45.93%)
Some college, no degree: 424 (24.13%)
Associate degree: 68 (3.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 79 (4.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 66 (3.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,050 (100%)
Never married: 325 (15.85%)
Now married, except separated: 1,160 (56.59%)
Separated: 17 (0.83%)
Total Widowed: 301 (14.68%)
Widowed Female: 255 (12.44%)
Total Divorced: 247 (12.05%)
Divorced Female: 127 (6.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 54 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (64.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,880 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 388 (20.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 568 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (7.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,158 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (16.15%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 971 (83.85%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 553 (100%)
--With a disability: 239 (43.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,416 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,298 (53.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,111 (45.99%)
--Same county: 530 (21.94%)
--Different county: 581 (24.05%)
----Same state: 284 (11.75%)
----Different state: 297 (12.29%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,557 (100%)
Native: 2,493 (97.5%)
--Born in United States: 2,429 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,616 (63.2%)
----Different state: 813 (31.8%)
--Born outside United States: 64 (2.5%)
Foreign born: 64 (2.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23 (0.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (0.66%)
--Not a citizen: 47 (1.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 64 (100%)
Europe: 46 (71.88%)
Asia: 18 (28.13%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,416 (100%)
English only: 2,342 (96.94%)
Language other than English: 74 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (1.2%)
--Spanish: 27 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 39 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.54%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,557 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,508% (98.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 26 (1.02%)
Danish: 22 (0.86%)
Dutch: 48 (1.88%)
English: 217 (8.49%)
French (except Basque): 69 (2.7%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.9%)
German: 926 (36.21%)
Greek: 5 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.16%)
Irish: 260 (10.17%)
Italian: 65 (2.54%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.43%)
Polish: 48 (1.88%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 65 (2.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (1.64%)
Scottish: 80 (3.13%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 33 (1.29%)
Swiss: 5 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 218 (8.53%)
Welsh: 7 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 328 (12.83%)

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