General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2074525, place: Wakefield city, Kansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 248 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (8.06%)
Kindergarten: 17 (6.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 99 (39.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 72 (29.03%)
College or graduate school: 40 (16.13%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 538 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8 (1.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 21 (3.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 188 (34.94%)
Some college, no degree: 181 (33.64%)
Associate degree: 42 (7.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 56 (10.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 42 (7.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 632 (100%)
Never married: 95 (15.03%)
Now married, except separated: 456 (72.15%)
Separated: 4 (0.63%)
Total Widowed: 43 (6.8%)
Widowed Female: 37 (5.85%)
Total Divorced: 34 (5.38%)
Divorced Female: 17 (2.69%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 522 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 147 (28.16%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 210 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 418 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (17.22%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 346 (82.78%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 90 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (56.67%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 766 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 405 (52.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 323 (42.17%)
--Same county: 66 (8.62%)
--Different county: 257 (33.55%)
----Same state: 99 (12.92%)
----Different state: 158 (20.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 38 (4.96%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 824 (100%)
Native: 782 (94.9%)
--Born in United States: 740 (100%)
----State of residence: 336 (40.78%)
----Different state: 404 (49.03%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (5.1%)
Foreign born: 42 (5.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (2.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.97%)
--Not a citizen: 34 (4.13%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 42 (100%)
Europe: 36 (85.71%)
Asia: 3 (7.14%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (7.14%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 766 (100%)
English only: 701 (91.51%)
Language other than English: 65 (8.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (2.74%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (6.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.13%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 824 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 970% (117.72%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.97%)
Danish: 1 (0.12%)
Dutch: 35 (4.25%)
English: 101 (12.26%)
French (except Basque): 41 (4.98%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.61%)
German: 358 (43.45%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 101 (12.26%)
Italian: 31 (3.76%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.36%)
Polish: 15 (1.82%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (3.52%)
Scottish: 21 (2.55%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 41 (4.98%)
Swiss: 14 (1.7%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 45 (5.46%)
Welsh: 14 (1.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.49%)
Other ancestries: 100 (12.14%)
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