Buckner, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2909424, place: Buckner city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 753 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 40 (5.31%)
Kindergarten: 63 (8.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 414 (54.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 158 (20.98%)
College or graduate school: 78 (10.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,641 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 93 (5.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 241 (14.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 690 (42.05%)
Some college, no degree: 406 (24.74%)
Associate degree: 74 (4.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 96 (5.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 41 (2.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,029 (100%)
Never married: 413 (20.35%)
Now married, except separated: 1,153 (56.83%)
Separated: 64 (3.15%)
Total Widowed: 123 (6.06%)
Widowed Female: 96 (4.73%)
Total Divorced: 276 (13.6%)
Divorced Female: 155 (7.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (40.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,886 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 266 (14.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 759 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (7.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,509 (100%)
--With a disability: 276 (18.29%)
----Percent employed: 48.2%
--No disability: 1,233 (81.71%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 270 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (49.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,543 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,427 (56.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,113 (43.77%)
--Same county: 727 (28.59%)
--Different county: 386 (15.18%)
----Same state: 182 (7.16%)
----Different state: 204 (8.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,743 (100%)
Native: 2,721 (99.2%)
--Born in United States: 2,703 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,014 (73.42%)
----Different state: 689 (25.12%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 22 (0.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 22 (100%)
Europe: 2 (9.09%)
Asia: 6 (27.27%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (9.09%)
Latin America: 10 (45.45%)
Northern America: 2 (9.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,543 (100%)
English only: 2,480 (97.52%)
Language other than English: 63 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.94%)
--Spanish: 43 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,743 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,399% (87.46%)
Arab: 2 (0.07%)
Czech: 4 (0.15%)
Danish: 13 (0.47%)
Dutch: 50 (1.82%)
English: 320 (11.67%)
French (except Basque): 93 (3.39%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.47%)
German: 598 (21.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.07%)
Irish: 415 (15.13%)
Italian: 97 (3.54%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.22%)
Polish: 8 (0.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 71 (2.59%)
Scottish: 39 (1.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (0.47%)
Swiss: 12 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 330 (12.03%)
Welsh: 20 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 289 (10.54%)

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