Wathena, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2076000, place: Wathena city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 369 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (9.21%)
Kindergarten: 22 (5.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 177 (47.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 80 (21.68%)
College or graduate school: 56 (15.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 853 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 92 (10.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 94 (11.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 294 (34.47%)
Some college, no degree: 175 (20.52%)
Associate degree: 41 (4.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 100 (11.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 57 (6.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,027 (100%)
Never married: 225 (21.91%)
Now married, except separated: 597 (58.13%)
Separated: 5 (0.49%)
Total Widowed: 94 (9.15%)
Widowed Female: 82 (7.98%)
Total Divorced: 106 (10.32%)
Divorced Female: 65 (6.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 965 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 113 (11.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 343 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (3.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 704 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (13.07%)
----Percent employed: 56.5%
--No disability: 612 (86.93%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 157 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (50.32%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,253 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 772 (61.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 481 (38.39%)
--Same county: 264 (21.07%)
--Different county: 217 (17.32%)
----Same state: 40 (3.19%)
----Different state: 177 (14.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,357 (100%)
Native: 1,350 (99.48%)
--Born in United States: 1,350 (100%)
----State of residence: 464 (34.19%)
----Different state: 886 (65.29%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.37%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 5 (71.43%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (28.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,253 (100%)
English only: 1,228 (98%)
Language other than English: 25 (2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.04%)
--Spanish: 13 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.72%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,357 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,230% (90.64%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.81%)
Danish: 6 (0.44%)
Dutch: 40 (2.95%)
English: 121 (8.92%)
French (except Basque): 36 (2.65%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.74%)
German: 402 (29.62%)
Greek: 1 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 176 (12.97%)
Italian: 13 (0.96%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (1.92%)
Polish: 7 (0.52%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (1.99%)
Scottish: 14 (1.03%)
Slovak: 2 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 17 (1.25%)
Swiss: 27 (1.99%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 151 (11.13%)
Welsh: 13 (0.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 126 (9.29%)

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