Kensington, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2036550, place: Kensington city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 141 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (7.8%)
Kindergarten: 14 (9.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 70 (49.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 37 (26.24%)
College or graduate school: 9 (6.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 416 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 35 (8.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 19 (4.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 130 (31.25%)
Some college, no degree: 106 (25.48%)
Associate degree: 36 (8.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 65 (15.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (6.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 484 (100%)
Never married: 93 (19.21%)
Now married, except separated: 280 (57.85%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 88 (18.18%)
Widowed Female: 78 (16.12%)
Total Divorced: 23 (4.75%)
Divorced Female: 11 (2.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 449 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 50 (11.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (2.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 252 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (16.67%)
----Percent employed: 69%
--No disability: 210 (83.33%)
----Percent employed: 90.5%
Population 65 years and over: 153 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (44.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 563 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 379 (67.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 184 (32.68%)
--Same county: 80 (14.21%)
--Different county: 104 (18.47%)
----Same state: 97 (17.23%)
----Different state: 7 (1.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 589 (100%)
Native: 582 (98.81%)
--Born in United States: 580 (100%)
----State of residence: 461 (78.27%)
----Different state: 119 (20.2%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 7 (1.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (1.19%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 5 (71.43%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (28.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 563 (100%)
English only: 549 (97.51%)
Language other than English: 14 (2.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.42%)
--Spanish: 1 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 589 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 483% (82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (2.38%)
Danish: 2 (0.34%)
Dutch: 17 (2.89%)
English: 58 (9.85%)
French (except Basque): 6 (1.02%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.34%)
German: 216 (36.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 25 (4.24%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.68%)
Polish: 3 (0.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (1.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (4.24%)
Scottish: 10 (1.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.34%)
Swedish: 13 (2.21%)
Swiss: 3 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 39 (6.62%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 36 (6.11%)

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