General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2061400, place: Rossville city, Kansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 247 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (6.48%)
Kindergarten: 10 (4.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 120 (48.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 67 (27.13%)
College or graduate school: 34 (13.77%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 699 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 28 (4.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 33 (4.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 331 (47.35%)
Some college, no degree: 169 (24.18%)
Associate degree: 25 (3.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 79 (11.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 34 (4.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 826 (100%)
Never married: 156 (18.89%)
Now married, except separated: 502 (60.77%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 73 (8.84%)
Widowed Female: 53 (6.42%)
Total Divorced: 95 (11.5%)
Divorced Female: 65 (7.87%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (30.77%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 765 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 130 (16.99%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 226 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (11.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 559 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (16.99%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
--No disability: 464 (83.01%)
----Percent employed: 86.2%
Population 65 years and over: 129 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (48.06%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 964 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 560 (58.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 397 (41.18%)
--Same county: 212 (21.99%)
--Different county: 185 (19.19%)
----Same state: 120 (12.45%)
----Different state: 65 (6.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.73%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,019 (100%)
Native: 1,010 (99.12%)
--Born in United States: 1,006 (100%)
----State of residence: 796 (78.12%)
----Different state: 210 (20.61%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.39%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.2%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.69%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 3 (33.33%)
Asia: 5 (55.56%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 1 (11.11%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 964 (100%)
English only: 926 (96.06%)
Language other than English: 38 (3.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.14%)
--Spanish: 21 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (1.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,019 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,061% (104.12%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 50 (4.91%)
Danish: 7 (0.69%)
Dutch: 31 (3.04%)
English: 99 (9.72%)
French (except Basque): 38 (3.73%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.29%)
German: 280 (27.48%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.2%)
Irish: 195 (19.14%)
Italian: 6 (0.59%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 29 (2.85%)
Polish: 14 (1.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 23 (2.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.37%)
Scottish: 12 (1.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 33 (3.24%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 91 (8.93%)
Welsh: 24 (2.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 110 (10.79%)
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