Ava, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2902674, place: Ava city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 641 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (6.24%)
Kindergarten: 41 (6.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 315 (49.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 182 (28.39%)
College or graduate school: 63 (9.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,987 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 286 (14.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 444 (22.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 623 (31.35%)
Some college, no degree: 375 (18.87%)
Associate degree: 44 (2.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 133 (6.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 82 (4.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,361 (100%)
Never married: 374 (15.84%)
Now married, except separated: 1,265 (53.58%)
Separated: 51 (2.16%)
Total Widowed: 346 (14.65%)
Widowed Female: 298 (12.62%)
Total Divorced: 325 (13.77%)
Divorced Female: 209 (8.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (42.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,226 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 295 (13.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 628 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (10.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,445 (100%)
--With a disability: 476 (32.94%)
----Percent employed: 45.4%
--No disability: 969 (67.06%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 662 (100%)
--With a disability: 349 (52.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,739 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,320 (48.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,406 (51.33%)
--Same county: 694 (25.34%)
--Different county: 712 (25.99%)
----Same state: 271 (9.89%)
----Different state: 441 (16.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,953 (100%)
Native: 2,921 (98.92%)
--Born in United States: 2,897 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,744 (59.06%)
----Different state: 1,153 (39.05%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 32 (1.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.54%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 12 (37.5%)
Asia: 4 (12.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,739 (100%)
English only: 2,641 (96.42%)
Language other than English: 98 (3.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (1.68%)
--Spanish: 70 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (1.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,953 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,156% (73.01%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.2%)
Danish: 25 (0.85%)
Dutch: 69 (2.34%)
English: 279 (9.45%)
French (except Basque): 79 (2.68%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.2%)
German: 325 (11.01%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 276 (9.35%)
Italian: 40 (1.35%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.34%)
Polish: 37 (1.25%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 48 (1.63%)
Scottish: 6 (0.2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 17 (0.58%)
Swiss: 7 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.75%)
United States or American: 565 (19.13%)
Welsh: 8 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 325 (11.01%)

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