General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2054675, place: Parsons city, Kansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,021 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 136 (4.5%)
Kindergarten: 182 (6.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,287 (42.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 761 (25.19%)
College or graduate school: 655 (21.68%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 7,400 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 432 (5.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 826 (11.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,212 (29.89%)
Some college, no degree: 2,052 (27.73%)
Associate degree: 638 (8.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 812 (10.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 428 (5.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 9,067 (100%)
Never married: 2,224 (24.53%)
Now married, except separated: 4,399 (48.52%)
Separated: 143 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 1,043 (11.5%)
Widowed Female: 891 (9.83%)
Total Divorced: 1,258 (13.87%)
Divorced Female: 684 (7.54%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 62 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (66.13%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 8,528 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,205 (14.13%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 2,751 (100%)
--With a disability: 209 (7.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,837 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,469 (25.17%)
----Percent employed: 63.8%
--No disability: 4,368 (74.83%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,821 (100%)
--With a disability: 883 (48.49%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 10,712 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,462 (50.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,204 (48.58%)
--Same county: 3,129 (29.21%)
--Different county: 2,075 (19.37%)
----Same state: 1,002 (9.35%)
----Different state: 1,073 (10.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 46 (0.43%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 11,490 (100%)
Native: 11,353 (98.81%)
--Born in United States: 11,302 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,069 (70.23%)
----Different state: 3,233 (28.14%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 137 (1.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 42 (0.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 61 (0.53%)
--Not a citizen: 76 (0.66%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 137 (100%)
Europe: 12 (8.76%)
Asia: 71 (51.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (29.93%)
Northern America: 13 (9.49%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 10,712 (100%)
English only: 10,329 (96.42%)
Language other than English: 383 (3.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (0.71%)
--Spanish: 264 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 49 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 47 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.2%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 11,490 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,967% (86.74%)
Arab: 9 (0.08%)
Czech: 38 (0.33%)
Danish: 54 (0.47%)
Dutch: 227 (1.98%)
English: 974 (8.48%)
French (except Basque): 298 (2.59%)
French Canadian: 39 (0.34%)
German: 1,901 (16.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.1%)
Irish: 1,264 (11%)
Italian: 190 (1.65%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 82 (0.71%)
Polish: 88 (0.77%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.04%)
Russian: 5 (0.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 221 (1.92%)
Scottish: 81 (0.7%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.11%)
Swedish: 131 (1.14%)
Swiss: 22 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,563 (13.6%)
Welsh: 19 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 2,722 (23.69%)
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