Ashland, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2902242, place: Ashland city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 485 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (7.42%)
Kindergarten: 50 (10.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 222 (45.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 75 (15.46%)
College or graduate school: 102 (21.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,181 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 74 (6.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 112 (9.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 424 (35.9%)
Some college, no degree: 227 (19.22%)
Associate degree: 74 (6.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 203 (17.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 67 (5.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,427 (100%)
Never married: 284 (19.9%)
Now married, except separated: 719 (50.39%)
Separated: 18 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 164 (11.49%)
Widowed Female: 128 (8.97%)
Total Divorced: 242 (16.96%)
Divorced Female: 139 (9.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (30%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,360 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 218 (16.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 400 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (5.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,024 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (15.14%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
--No disability: 869 (84.86%)
----Percent employed: 90.9%
Population 65 years and over: 223 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (43.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,704 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 530 (31.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,174 (68.9%)
--Same county: 693 (40.67%)
--Different county: 481 (28.23%)
----Same state: 236 (13.85%)
----Different state: 245 (14.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,889 (100%)
Native: 1,880 (99.52%)
--Born in United States: 1,866 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,379 (73%)
----Different state: 487 (25.78%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.42%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 4 (44.44%)
Asia: 4 (44.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (11.11%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,704 (100%)
English only: 1,668 (97.89%)
Language other than English: 36 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.59%)
--Spanish: 19 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,889 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,578% (83.54%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.48%)
Danish: 8 (0.42%)
Dutch: 20 (1.06%)
English: 246 (13.02%)
French (except Basque): 47 (2.49%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.37%)
German: 408 (21.6%)
Greek: 10 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 157 (8.31%)
Italian: 11 (0.58%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.64%)
Polish: 9 (0.48%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (1.75%)
Scottish: 30 (1.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.11%)
Swedish: 18 (0.95%)
Swiss: 1 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 272 (14.4%)
Welsh: 9 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 265 (14.03%)

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