General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2078100, place: Whiting city, Kansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 38 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 15 (39.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23 (60.53%)
College or graduate school: 0 (0%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 161 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8 (4.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 17 (10.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 66 (40.99%)
Some college, no degree: 45 (27.95%)
Associate degree: 6 (3.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 16 (9.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3 (1.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 182 (100%)
Never married: 37 (20.33%)
Now married, except separated: 74 (40.66%)
Separated: 8 (4.4%)
Total Widowed: 25 (13.74%)
Widowed Female: 17 (9.34%)
Total Divorced: 38 (20.88%)
Divorced Female: 26 (14.29%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 169 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 21 (12.43%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 33 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (45.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 114 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (29.82%)
----Percent employed: 79.4%
--No disability: 80 (70.18%)
----Percent employed: 87.5%
Population 65 years and over: 50 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (36%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 197 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 112 (56.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 82 (41.62%)
--Same county: 41 (20.81%)
--Different county: 41 (20.81%)
----Same state: 30 (15.23%)
----Different state: 11 (5.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (1.52%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 206 (100%)
Native: 199 (96.6%)
--Born in United States: 196 (100%)
----State of residence: 145 (70.39%)
----Different state: 51 (24.76%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (1.46%)
Foreign born: 7 (3.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (1.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (3.4%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (42.86%)
Northern America: 4 (57.14%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 197 (100%)
English only: 187 (94.92%)
Language other than English: 10 (5.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (1.52%)
--Spanish: 10 (5.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (1.52%)
--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: 206 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 245% (118.93%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (2.43%)
Dutch: 19 (9.22%)
English: 27 (13.11%)
French (except Basque): 6 (2.91%)
French Canadian: 3 (1.46%)
German: 79 (38.35%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 23 (11.17%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 4 (1.94%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (1.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (5.83%)
Scottish: 4 (1.94%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (7.77%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2 (0.97%)
Welsh: 8 (3.88%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (1.46%)
Other ancestries: 31 (15.05%)
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