Meade, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2045325, place: Meade city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 455 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (10.55%)
Kindergarten: 22 (4.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 209 (45.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 129 (28.35%)
College or graduate school: 47 (10.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,126 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 122 (10.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 142 (12.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 301 (26.73%)
Some college, no degree: 285 (25.31%)
Associate degree: 61 (5.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 153 (13.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 62 (5.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,300 (100%)
Never married: 210 (16.15%)
Now married, except separated: 868 (66.77%)
Separated: 10 (0.77%)
Total Widowed: 133 (10.23%)
Widowed Female: 109 (8.38%)
Total Divorced: 79 (6.08%)
Divorced Female: 34 (2.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (65.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,219 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 170 (13.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 408 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (5.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 759 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (15.15%)
----Percent employed: 52.2%
--No disability: 644 (84.85%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 326 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (37.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,572 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 877 (55.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 669 (42.56%)
--Same county: 278 (17.68%)
--Different county: 391 (24.87%)
----Same state: 224 (14.25%)
----Different state: 167 (10.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (1.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,682 (100%)
Native: 1,610 (95.72%)
--Born in United States: 1,600 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,120 (66.59%)
----Different state: 480 (28.54%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 72 (4.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 44 (2.62%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.71%)
--Not a citizen: 60 (3.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 72 (100%)
Europe: 11 (15.28%)
Asia: 8 (11.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 46 (63.89%)
Northern America: 7 (9.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,572 (100%)
English only: 1,439 (91.54%)
Language other than English: 133 (8.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (3.12%)
--Spanish: 62 (3.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.95%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 61 (3.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (1.97%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,682 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,548% (92.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 19 (1.13%)
Danish: 10 (0.59%)
Dutch: 49 (2.91%)
English: 185 (11%)
French (except Basque): 43 (2.56%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 511 (30.38%)
Greek: 2 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 127 (7.55%)
Italian: 12 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.24%)
Polish: 5 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 42 (2.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 36 (2.14%)
Scottish: 30 (1.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (1.61%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 171 (10.17%)
Welsh: 11 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 264 (15.7%)

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