Ottawa, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2053550, place: Ottawa city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,297 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 201 (6.1%)
Kindergarten: 184 (5.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,530 (46.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 654 (19.84%)
College or graduate school: 728 (22.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,403 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 574 (7.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 616 (8.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,485 (33.57%)
Some college, no degree: 1,715 (23.17%)
Associate degree: 479 (6.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,055 (14.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 479 (6.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,303 (100%)
Never married: 2,062 (22.16%)
Now married, except separated: 5,143 (55.28%)
Separated: 159 (1.71%)
Total Widowed: 802 (8.62%)
Widowed Female: 657 (7.06%)
Total Divorced: 1,137 (12.22%)
Divorced Female: 644 (6.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 141 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 87 (61.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,794 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,169 (13.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,959 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (6.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,246 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,175 (18.81%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 5,071 (81.19%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,687 (100%)
--With a disability: 895 (53.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,146 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,109 (45.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,975 (53.61%)
--Same county: 3,248 (29.14%)
--Different county: 2,727 (24.47%)
----Same state: 1,614 (14.48%)
----Different state: 1,113 (9.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 62 (0.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,044 (100%)
Native: 11,807 (98.03%)
--Born in United States: 11,746 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,926 (65.81%)
----Different state: 3,820 (31.72%)
--Born outside United States: 61 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 237 (1.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 131 (1.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 99 (0.82%)
--Not a citizen: 138 (1.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 237 (100%)
Europe: 16 (6.75%)
Asia: 80 (33.76%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 129 (54.43%)
Northern America: 12 (5.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,146 (100%)
English only: 10,595 (95.06%)
Language other than English: 551 (4.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 202 (1.81%)
--Spanish: 325 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 113 (1.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 96 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 111 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,044 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,419% (86.51%)
Arab: 11 (0.09%)
Czech: 27 (0.22%)
Danish: 57 (0.47%)
Dutch: 289 (2.4%)
English: 1,251 (10.39%)
French (except Basque): 300 (2.49%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.32%)
German: 2,416 (20.06%)
Greek: 14 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.02%)
Irish: 1,153 (9.57%)
Italian: 212 (1.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 98 (0.81%)
Polish: 71 (0.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 32 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 305 (2.53%)
Scottish: 191 (1.59%)
Slovak: 15 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 35 (0.29%)
Swedish: 145 (1.2%)
Swiss: 54 (0.45%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,601 (13.29%)
Welsh: 56 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,045 (16.98%)

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