Holton, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2032825, place: Holton city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 714 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (8.54%)
Kindergarten: 61 (8.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 344 (48.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 178 (24.93%)
College or graduate school: 70 (9.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,292 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 160 (6.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 247 (10.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 939 (40.97%)
Some college, no degree: 479 (20.9%)
Associate degree: 61 (2.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 230 (10.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 176 (7.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,672 (100%)
Never married: 528 (19.76%)
Now married, except separated: 1,427 (53.41%)
Separated: 35 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 408 (15.27%)
Widowed Female: 331 (12.39%)
Total Divorced: 274 (10.25%)
Divorced Female: 187 (7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (45.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,529 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 377 (14.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 705 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (7.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,565 (100%)
--With a disability: 299 (19.11%)
----Percent employed: 67.2%
--No disability: 1,266 (80.89%)
----Percent employed: 89.1%
Population 65 years and over: 653 (100%)
--With a disability: 299 (45.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,138 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,526 (48.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,574 (50.16%)
--Same county: 693 (22.08%)
--Different county: 881 (28.08%)
----Same state: 645 (20.55%)
----Different state: 236 (7.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 38 (1.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,345 (100%)
Native: 3,339 (99.82%)
--Born in United States: 3,325 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,362 (70.61%)
----Different state: 963 (28.79%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 6 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,138 (100%)
English only: 3,078 (98.09%)
Language other than English: 60 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.41%)
--Spanish: 38 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (0.54%)
----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: 3,345 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,362% (100.51%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.21%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 184 (5.5%)
English: 423 (12.65%)
French (except Basque): 124 (3.71%)
French Canadian: 50 (1.49%)
German: 951 (28.43%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 461 (13.78%)
Italian: 46 (1.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 22 (0.66%)
Polish: 26 (0.78%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (2.21%)
Scottish: 41 (1.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.15%)
Swedish: 137 (4.1%)
Swiss: 41 (1.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 342 (10.22%)
Welsh: 18 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 393 (11.75%)

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