Solomon, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2066275, place: Solomon city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 289 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (3.81%)
Kindergarten: 18 (6.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 152 (52.6%)
High school (grades 9-12): 81 (28.03%)
College or graduate school: 27 (9.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 698 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 24 (3.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (11.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 298 (42.69%)
Some college, no degree: 168 (24.07%)
Associate degree: 43 (6.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 60 (8.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (3.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 835 (100%)
Never married: 175 (20.96%)
Now married, except separated: 485 (58.08%)
Separated: 5 (0.6%)
Total Widowed: 65 (7.78%)
Widowed Female: 57 (6.83%)
Total Divorced: 105 (12.57%)
Divorced Female: 55 (6.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (76.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 763 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 97 (12.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 263 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (11.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 592 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (12.84%)
----Percent employed: 53.9%
--No disability: 516 (87.16%)
----Percent employed: 87.2%
Population 65 years and over: 145 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (45.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,007 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 600 (59.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 390 (38.73%)
--Same county: 155 (15.39%)
--Different county: 235 (23.34%)
----Same state: 179 (17.78%)
----Different state: 56 (5.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (1.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,080 (100%)
Native: 1,068 (98.89%)
--Born in United States: 1,063 (100%)
----State of residence: 812 (75.19%)
----Different state: 251 (23.24%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 12 (1.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 7 (58.33%)
Asia: 1 (8.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (33.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,007 (100%)
English only: 968 (96.13%)
Language other than English: 39 (3.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (1.19%)
--Spanish: 24 (2.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (1.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,080 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,184% (109.63%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 22 (2.04%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 43 (3.98%)
English: 149 (13.8%)
French (except Basque): 38 (3.52%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.46%)
German: 363 (33.61%)
Greek: 1 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 208 (19.26%)
Italian: 11 (1.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (2.31%)
Polish: 4 (0.37%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.19%)
Russian: 13 (1.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (0.74%)
Scottish: 20 (1.85%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 64 (5.93%)
Swiss: 3 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 82 (7.59%)
Welsh: 13 (1.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 110 (10.19%)

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