Ness City, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2049925, place: Ness City city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 323 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 32 (9.91%)
Kindergarten: 16 (4.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 141 (43.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 99 (30.65%)
College or graduate school: 35 (10.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,101 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 78 (7.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 139 (12.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 368 (33.42%)
Some college, no degree: 258 (23.43%)
Associate degree: 66 (5.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 130 (11.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 62 (5.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,250 (100%)
Never married: 206 (16.48%)
Now married, except separated: 729 (58.32%)
Separated: 11 (0.88%)
Total Widowed: 190 (15.2%)
Widowed Female: 164 (13.12%)
Total Divorced: 114 (9.12%)
Divorced Female: 49 (3.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,175 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 172 (14.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 299 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (9.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 752 (100%)
--With a disability: 129 (17.15%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
--No disability: 623 (82.85%)
----Percent employed: 87.3%
Population 65 years and over: 336 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (45.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,435 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 907 (63.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 522 (36.38%)
--Same county: 261 (18.19%)
--Different county: 261 (18.19%)
----Same state: 172 (11.99%)
----Different state: 89 (6.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,527 (100%)
Native: 1,506 (98.62%)
--Born in United States: 1,504 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,273 (83.37%)
----Different state: 231 (15.13%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.13%)
Foreign born: 21 (1.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 2 (9.52%)
Asia: 5 (23.81%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14 (66.67%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,435 (100%)
English only: 1,375 (95.82%)
Language other than English: 60 (4.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.25%)
--Spanish: 30 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,527 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,582% (103.6%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.72%)
Danish: 5 (0.33%)
Dutch: 36 (2.36%)
English: 144 (9.43%)
French (except Basque): 40 (2.62%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.46%)
German: 831 (54.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 118 (7.73%)
Italian: 26 (1.7%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.39%)
Polish: 12 (0.79%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.26%)
Russian: 39 (2.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 9 (0.59%)
Scottish: 22 (1.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.46%)
Swiss: 9 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 100 (6.55%)
Welsh: 3 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 153 (10.02%)

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