Ulysses, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2071975, place: Ulysses city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,806 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 103 (5.7%)
Kindergarten: 106 (5.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 999 (55.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 443 (24.53%)
College or graduate school: 155 (8.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,616 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 442 (12.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 493 (13.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,011 (27.96%)
Some college, no degree: 855 (23.64%)
Associate degree: 189 (5.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 473 (13.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 153 (4.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,328 (100%)
Never married: 753 (17.4%)
Now married, except separated: 2,814 (65.02%)
Separated: 74 (1.71%)
Total Widowed: 295 (6.82%)
Widowed Female: 241 (5.57%)
Total Divorced: 392 (9.06%)
Divorced Female: 269 (6.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 81 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 59 (72.84%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,969 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 315 (7.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,662 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (5.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,151 (100%)
--With a disability: 490 (15.55%)
----Percent employed: 47.8%
--No disability: 2,661 (84.45%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 568 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (32.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,453 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,066 (56.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,341 (42.93%)
--Same county: 1,249 (22.9%)
--Different county: 1,092 (20.03%)
----Same state: 509 (9.33%)
----Different state: 583 (10.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 46 (0.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,934 (100%)
Native: 5,269 (88.79%)
--Born in United States: 5,260 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,381 (56.98%)
----Different state: 1,879 (31.66%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 665 (11.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 268 (4.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 282 (4.75%)
--Not a citizen: 383 (6.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 665 (100%)
Europe: 6 (0.9%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 659 (99.1%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,453 (100%)
English only: 3,756 (68.88%)
Language other than English: 1,697 (31.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 612 (11.22%)
--Spanish: 1,697 (31.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 612 (11.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,934 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,239% (88.29%)
Arab: 28 (0.47%)
Czech: 13 (0.22%)
Danish: 8 (0.13%)
Dutch: 85 (1.43%)
English: 486 (8.19%)
French (except Basque): 76 (1.28%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 849 (14.31%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 441 (7.43%)
Italian: 24 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.34%)
Polish: 54 (0.91%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 21 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 80 (1.35%)
Scottish: 80 (1.35%)
Slovak: 10 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 72 (1.21%)
Swiss: 8 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 732 (12.34%)
Welsh: 19 (0.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,133 (35.95%)

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