Bowling Green, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2907660, place: Bowling Green city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 784 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (2.42%)
Kindergarten: 84 (10.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 449 (57.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 151 (19.26%)
College or graduate school: 81 (10.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,072 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 129 (6.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 329 (15.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,024 (49.42%)
Some college, no degree: 325 (15.69%)
Associate degree: 54 (2.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 141 (6.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70 (3.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,492 (100%)
Never married: 514 (20.63%)
Now married, except separated: 1,118 (44.86%)
Separated: 51 (2.05%)
Total Widowed: 338 (13.56%)
Widowed Female: 287 (11.52%)
Total Divorced: 471 (18.9%)
Divorced Female: 283 (11.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (51.52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,354 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 329 (13.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 795 (100%)
--With a disability: 91 (11.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,602 (100%)
--With a disability: 276 (17.23%)
----Percent employed: 51.8%
--No disability: 1,326 (82.77%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 449 (100%)
--With a disability: 201 (44.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,043 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,420 (46.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,610 (52.91%)
--Same county: 877 (28.82%)
--Different county: 733 (24.09%)
----Same state: 372 (12.22%)
----Different state: 361 (11.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,241 (100%)
Native: 3,234 (99.78%)
--Born in United States: 3,234 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,384 (73.56%)
----Different state: 850 (26.23%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.22%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,043 (100%)
English only: 2,963 (97.37%)
Language other than English: 80 (2.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.33%)
--Spanish: 48 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 32 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,241 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,197% (98.64%)
Arab: 3 (0.09%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 7 (0.22%)
Dutch: 54 (1.67%)
English: 353 (10.89%)
French (except Basque): 88 (2.72%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.25%)
German: 840 (25.92%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 306 (9.44%)
Italian: 39 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 18 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 35 (1.08%)
Scottish: 58 (1.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 70 (2.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 747 (23.05%)
Welsh: 14 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 549 (16.94%)

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