Sylvia, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2069800, place: Sylvia city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 72 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (8.33%)
Kindergarten: 2 (2.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 33 (45.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 29 (40.28%)
College or graduate school: 2 (2.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 197 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (2.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 42 (21.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 63 (31.98%)
Some college, no degree: 59 (29.95%)
Associate degree: 15 (7.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 7 (3.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6 (3.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 239 (100%)
Never married: 39 (16.32%)
Now married, except separated: 157 (65.69%)
Separated: 1 (0.42%)
Total Widowed: 19 (7.95%)
Widowed Female: 15 (6.28%)
Total Divorced: 23 (9.62%)
Divorced Female: 16 (6.69%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 224 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 34 (15.18%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 75 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (2.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 144 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (17.36%)
----Percent employed: 32%
--No disability: 119 (82.64%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 64 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (54.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 283 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 148 (52.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 124 (43.82%)
--Same county: 56 (19.79%)
--Different county: 68 (24.03%)
----Same state: 15 (5.3%)
----Different state: 53 (18.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (3.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 296 (100%)
Native: 291 (98.31%)
--Born in United States: 291 (100%)
----State of residence: 184 (62.16%)
----Different state: 107 (36.15%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 5 (1.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (1.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 1 (20%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (80%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 283 (100%)
English only: 270 (95.41%)
Language other than English: 13 (4.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (1.77%)
--Spanish: 10 (3.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 296 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 213% (71.96%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (1.35%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (1.01%)
English: 25 (8.45%)
French (except Basque): 2 (0.68%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 70 (23.65%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.68%)
Irish: 31 (10.47%)
Italian: 3 (1.01%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (1.69%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (1.35%)
Scottish: 7 (2.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 4 (1.35%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 20 (6.76%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 33 (11.15%)

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