Hesston, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2031600, place: Hesston city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,149 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (3.66%)
Kindergarten: 65 (5.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 409 (35.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 216 (18.8%)
College or graduate school: 417 (36.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,087 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 114 (5.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 93 (4.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 448 (21.47%)
Some college, no degree: 553 (26.5%)
Associate degree: 207 (9.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 476 (22.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 196 (9.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,777 (100%)
Never married: 755 (27.19%)
Now married, except separated: 1,580 (56.9%)
Separated: 20 (0.72%)
Total Widowed: 214 (7.71%)
Widowed Female: 181 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 208 (7.49%)
Divorced Female: 124 (4.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (79.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,633 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 210 (7.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,018 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (7.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,642 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (10.48%)
----Percent employed: 66.3%
--No disability: 1,470 (89.52%)
----Percent employed: 86.7%
Population 65 years and over: 528 (100%)
--With a disability: 162 (30.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,288 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,476 (44.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,732 (52.68%)
--Same county: 810 (24.64%)
--Different county: 922 (28.04%)
----Same state: 526 (16%)
----Different state: 396 (12.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 80 (2.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,508 (100%)
Native: 3,385 (96.49%)
--Born in United States: 3,323 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,181 (62.17%)
----Different state: 1,142 (32.55%)
--Born outside United States: 62 (1.77%)
Foreign born: 123 (3.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 70 (2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.57%)
--Not a citizen: 103 (2.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 123 (100%)
Europe: 23 (18.7%)
Asia: 41 (33.33%)
Africa: 14 (11.38%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 33 (26.83%)
Northern America: 12 (9.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,288 (100%)
English only: 3,063 (93.16%)
Language other than English: 225 (6.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (2.86%)
--Spanish: 60 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 124 (3.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,508 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,723% (106.13%)
Arab: 7 (0.2%)
Czech: 20 (0.57%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 137 (3.91%)
English: 243 (6.93%)
French (except Basque): 102 (2.91%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,683 (47.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 210 (5.99%)
Italian: 55 (1.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.6%)
Polish: 45 (1.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 124 (3.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (0.63%)
Scottish: 56 (1.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.63%)
Swedish: 90 (2.57%)
Swiss: 192 (5.47%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.09%)
United States or American: 255 (7.27%)
Welsh: 8 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.43%)
Other ancestries: 413 (11.77%)

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