Buffalo, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2909514, place: Buffalo city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 621 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (3.7%)
Kindergarten: 17 (2.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 360 (57.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 139 (22.38%)
College or graduate school: 82 (13.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,825 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 157 (8.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 332 (18.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 642 (35.18%)
Some college, no degree: 450 (24.66%)
Associate degree: 91 (4.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 92 (5.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 61 (3.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,161 (100%)
Never married: 399 (18.46%)
Now married, except separated: 1,093 (50.58%)
Separated: 65 (3.01%)
Total Widowed: 260 (12.03%)
Widowed Female: 212 (9.81%)
Total Divorced: 344 (15.92%)
Divorced Female: 224 (10.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (31.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,023 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 377 (18.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 596 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (7.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,292 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (20.05%)
----Percent employed: 38.6%
--No disability: 1,033 (79.95%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 554 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (52.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,552 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,042 (40.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,505 (58.97%)
--Same county: 669 (26.21%)
--Different county: 836 (32.76%)
----Same state: 448 (17.55%)
----Different state: 388 (15.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,734 (100%)
Native: 2,721 (99.52%)
--Born in United States: 2,706 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,729 (63.24%)
----Different state: 977 (35.74%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 13 (0.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.48%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,552 (100%)
English only: 2,504 (98.12%)
Language other than English: 48 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,734 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,514% (91.95%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 29 (1.06%)
Danish: 9 (0.33%)
Dutch: 108 (3.95%)
English: 327 (11.96%)
French (except Basque): 145 (5.3%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.66%)
German: 360 (13.17%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 312 (11.41%)
Italian: 121 (4.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.26%)
Polish: 14 (0.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 71 (2.6%)
Scottish: 32 (1.17%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 38 (1.39%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 471 (17.23%)
Welsh: 17 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 421 (15.4%)

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