Waterville, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2075950, place: Waterville city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 164 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (9.76%)
Kindergarten: 10 (6.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 77 (46.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 54 (32.93%)
College or graduate school: 7 (4.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 464 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26 (5.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 48 (10.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 150 (32.33%)
Some college, no degree: 115 (24.78%)
Associate degree: 17 (3.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 71 (15.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 37 (7.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 544 (100%)
Never married: 119 (21.88%)
Now married, except separated: 313 (57.54%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 70 (12.87%)
Widowed Female: 62 (11.4%)
Total Divorced: 42 (7.72%)
Divorced Female: 28 (5.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 498 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 74 (14.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 154 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (9.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 297 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (18.52%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 242 (81.48%)
----Percent employed: 92.1%
Population 65 years and over: 187 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (49.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 638 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 411 (64.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 227 (35.58%)
--Same county: 107 (16.77%)
--Different county: 120 (18.81%)
----Same state: 86 (13.48%)
----Different state: 34 (5.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 679 (100%)
Native: 673 (99.12%)
--Born in United States: 664 (100%)
----State of residence: 491 (72.31%)
----Different state: 173 (25.48%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (1.33%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 2 (33.33%)
Asia: 2 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (33.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 638 (100%)
English only: 622 (97.49%)
Language other than English: 16 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 14 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.31%)
----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: 679 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 668% (98.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (2.95%)
Danish: 3 (0.44%)
Dutch: 13 (1.91%)
English: 104 (15.32%)
French (except Basque): 14 (2.06%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.29%)
German: 244 (35.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 64 (9.43%)
Italian: 1 (0.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.59%)
Polish: 7 (1.03%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (1.18%)
Scottish: 9 (1.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 52 (7.66%)
Swiss: 6 (0.88%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 64 (9.43%)
Welsh: 2 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 51 (7.51%)

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