Highland, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2031850, place: Highland city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 470 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (3.19%)
Kindergarten: 6 (1.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 56 (11.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 25 (5.32%)
College or graduate school: 368 (78.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 482 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 33 (6.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 57 (11.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 110 (22.82%)
Some college, no degree: 125 (25.93%)
Associate degree: 53 (11%)
Bachelor's degree: 65 (13.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 39 (8.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 865 (100%)
Never married: 289 (33.41%)
Now married, except separated: 440 (50.87%)
Separated: 4 (0.46%)
Total Widowed: 96 (11.1%)
Widowed Female: 73 (8.44%)
Total Divorced: 36 (4.16%)
Divorced Female: 16 (1.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (70%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 839 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 67 (7.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 422 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (3.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 311 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (16.08%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 261 (83.92%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 173 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (57.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 933 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 440 (47.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 484 (51.88%)
--Same county: 138 (14.79%)
--Different county: 346 (37.08%)
----Same state: 274 (29.37%)
----Different state: 72 (7.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 950 (100%)
Native: 948 (99.79%)
--Born in United States: 938 (100%)
----State of residence: 620 (65.26%)
----Different state: 318 (33.47%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (1.05%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 933 (100%)
English only: 917 (98.29%)
Language other than English: 16 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 950 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 768% (80.84%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 10 (1.05%)
Dutch: 26 (2.74%)
English: 51 (5.37%)
French (except Basque): 15 (1.58%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.32%)
German: 220 (23.16%)
Greek: 2 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 97 (10.21%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (1.79%)
Polish: 8 (0.84%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (1.89%)
Scottish: 19 (2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 17 (1.79%)
Swiss: 23 (2.42%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 81 (8.53%)
Welsh: 42 (4.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 119 (12.53%)

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