Aurora, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2902548, place: Aurora city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,567 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 123 (7.85%)
Kindergarten: 91 (5.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 827 (52.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 340 (21.7%)
College or graduate school: 186 (11.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,433 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 397 (8.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 782 (17.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,814 (40.92%)
Some college, no degree: 846 (19.08%)
Associate degree: 116 (2.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 334 (7.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 144 (3.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,300 (100%)
Never married: 882 (16.64%)
Now married, except separated: 3,156 (59.55%)
Separated: 84 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 479 (9.04%)
Widowed Female: 410 (7.74%)
Total Divorced: 699 (13.19%)
Divorced Female: 432 (8.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 96 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 50 (52.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,975 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 686 (13.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,484 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (8.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,562 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,031 (28.94%)
----Percent employed: 37.1%
--No disability: 2,531 (71.06%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,131 (100%)
--With a disability: 558 (49.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,311 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,231 (51.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,060 (48.49%)
--Same county: 1,658 (26.27%)
--Different county: 1,402 (22.22%)
----Same state: 934 (14.8%)
----Different state: 468 (7.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (0.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,854 (100%)
Native: 6,695 (97.68%)
--Born in United States: 6,665 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,452 (64.95%)
----Different state: 2,213 (32.29%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 159 (2.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 113 (1.65%)
--Naturalized citizen: 101 (1.47%)
--Not a citizen: 58 (0.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 159 (100%)
Europe: 63 (39.62%)
Asia: 22 (13.84%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 19 (11.95%)
Northern America: 55 (34.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,311 (100%)
English only: 6,114 (96.88%)
Language other than English: 197 (3.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 100 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 97 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,854 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,836% (85.15%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (0.29%)
Danish: 15 (0.22%)
Dutch: 246 (3.59%)
English: 933 (13.61%)
French (except Basque): 104 (1.52%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 953 (13.9%)
Greek: 6 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 791 (11.54%)
Italian: 35 (0.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 31 (0.45%)
Polish: 75 (1.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 19 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 163 (2.38%)
Scottish: 167 (2.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.16%)
Swedish: 82 (1.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 53 (0.77%)
United States or American: 1,015 (14.81%)
Welsh: 32 (0.47%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,085 (15.83%)

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