General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2057700, place: Pretty Prairie city, Kansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 149 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (4.03%)
Kindergarten: 11 (7.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 69 (46.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 39 (26.17%)
College or graduate school: 24 (16.11%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 426 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (3.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 30 (7.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 132 (30.99%)
Some college, no degree: 128 (30.05%)
Associate degree: 28 (6.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 71 (16.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (5.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 487 (100%)
Never married: 73 (14.99%)
Now married, except separated: 336 (68.99%)
Separated: 4 (0.82%)
Total Widowed: 31 (6.37%)
Widowed Female: 22 (4.52%)
Total Divorced: 43 (8.83%)
Divorced Female: 24 (4.93%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 460 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 67 (14.57%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 135 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (5.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 278 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (16.91%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
--No disability: 231 (83.09%)
----Percent employed: 90.5%
Population 65 years and over: 165 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (35.15%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 578 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 314 (54.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 262 (45.33%)
--Same county: 148 (25.61%)
--Different county: 114 (19.72%)
----Same state: 77 (13.32%)
----Different state: 37 (6.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.35%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 607 (100%)
Native: 599 (98.68%)
--Born in United States: 597 (100%)
----State of residence: 488 (80.4%)
----Different state: 109 (17.96%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 8 (1.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.66%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.66%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 2 (25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 6 (75%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 578 (100%)
English only: 545 (94.29%)
Language other than English: 33 (5.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.69%)
--Spanish: 12 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21 (3.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 607 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 643% (105.93%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (1.32%)
Danish: 2 (0.33%)
Dutch: 25 (4.12%)
English: 59 (9.72%)
French (except Basque): 22 (3.62%)
French Canadian: 8 (1.32%)
German: 273 (44.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 76 (12.52%)
Italian: 2 (0.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (1.65%)
Polish: 4 (0.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 13 (2.14%)
Scottish: 9 (1.48%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (2.64%)
Swiss: 16 (2.64%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 62 (10.21%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 32 (5.27%)
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