Hiawatha, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2031675, place: Hiawatha city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 848 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 95 (11.2%)
Kindergarten: 52 (6.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 400 (47.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 181 (21.34%)
College or graduate school: 120 (14.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,360 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 103 (4.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 220 (9.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 800 (33.9%)
Some college, no degree: 483 (20.47%)
Associate degree: 174 (7.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 385 (16.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 195 (8.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,775 (100%)
Never married: 543 (19.57%)
Now married, except separated: 1,558 (56.14%)
Separated: 56 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 327 (11.78%)
Widowed Female: 290 (10.45%)
Total Divorced: 291 (10.49%)
Divorced Female: 185 (6.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,622 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 381 (14.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 752 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (3.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,748 (100%)
--With a disability: 250 (14.3%)
----Percent employed: 58%
--No disability: 1,498 (85.7%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 691 (100%)
--With a disability: 249 (36.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,278 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,893 (57.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,358 (41.43%)
--Same county: 834 (25.44%)
--Different county: 524 (15.99%)
----Same state: 266 (8.11%)
----Different state: 258 (7.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,504 (100%)
Native: 3,442 (98.23%)
--Born in United States: 3,428 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,278 (65.01%)
----Different state: 1,150 (32.82%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 62 (1.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 32 (0.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 30 (0.86%)
--Not a citizen: 32 (0.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 62 (100%)
Europe: 26 (41.94%)
Asia: 9 (14.52%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (43.55%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,278 (100%)
English only: 3,194 (97.44%)
Language other than English: 84 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.82%)
--Spanish: 48 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,504 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,423% (97.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 32 (0.91%)
Danish: 23 (0.66%)
Dutch: 114 (3.25%)
English: 454 (12.96%)
French (except Basque): 97 (2.77%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,176 (33.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.2%)
Irish: 459 (13.1%)
Italian: 28 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 123 (3.51%)
Polish: 14 (0.4%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.14%)
Russian: 6 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (1.74%)
Scottish: 48 (1.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (0.77%)
Swiss: 132 (3.77%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 211 (6.02%)
Welsh: 38 (1.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 368 (10.5%)

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