Scott City, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2063600, place: Scott City city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 830 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 57 (6.87%)
Kindergarten: 40 (4.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 419 (50.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 224 (26.99%)
College or graduate school: 90 (10.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,566 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 202 (7.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 193 (7.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 757 (29.5%)
Some college, no degree: 623 (24.28%)
Associate degree: 193 (7.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 382 (14.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 216 (8.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,055 (100%)
Never married: 600 (19.64%)
Now married, except separated: 1,830 (59.9%)
Separated: 31 (1.01%)
Total Widowed: 307 (10.05%)
Widowed Female: 236 (7.73%)
Total Divorced: 287 (9.39%)
Divorced Female: 159 (5.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,859 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 369 (12.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 806 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (6.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,041 (100%)
--With a disability: 379 (18.57%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
--No disability: 1,662 (81.43%)
----Percent employed: 88.6%
Population 65 years and over: 630 (100%)
--With a disability: 284 (45.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,563 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,910 (53.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,644 (46.14%)
--Same county: 1,029 (28.88%)
--Different county: 615 (17.26%)
----Same state: 370 (10.38%)
----Different state: 245 (6.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,835 (100%)
Native: 3,709 (96.71%)
--Born in United States: 3,689 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,605 (67.93%)
----Different state: 1,084 (28.27%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 126 (3.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 55 (1.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (0.86%)
--Not a citizen: 93 (2.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 126 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 126 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,563 (100%)
English only: 3,287 (92.25%)
Language other than English: 276 (7.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (3.76%)
--Spanish: 230 (6.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 117 (3.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 46 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,835 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,823% (99.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.18%)
Danish: 15 (0.39%)
Dutch: 132 (3.44%)
English: 538 (14.03%)
French (except Basque): 104 (2.71%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,253 (32.67%)
Greek: 9 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 443 (11.55%)
Italian: 20 (0.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 58 (1.51%)
Polish: 39 (1.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 68 (1.77%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (0.83%)
Scottish: 48 (1.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (0.7%)
Swiss: 16 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 355 (9.26%)
Welsh: 75 (1.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 584 (15.23%)

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