Cameron, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2910828, place: Cameron city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,689 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 134 (7.93%)
Kindergarten: 48 (2.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 697 (41.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 581 (34.4%)
College or graduate school: 229 (13.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,148 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 348 (5.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 958 (15.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,460 (40.01%)
Some college, no degree: 1,374 (22.35%)
Associate degree: 316 (5.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 450 (7.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 242 (3.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,247 (100%)
Never married: 1,864 (25.72%)
Now married, except separated: 3,120 (43.05%)
Separated: 220 (3.04%)
Total Widowed: 599 (8.27%)
Widowed Female: 496 (6.84%)
Total Divorced: 1,444 (19.93%)
Divorced Female: 257 (3.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 41 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (80.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,935 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,191 (17.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,338 (100%)
--With a disability: 112 (8.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,890 (100%)
--With a disability: 566 (19.58%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 2,324 (80.42%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
Population 65 years and over: 942 (100%)
--With a disability: 417 (44.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,050 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,461 (42.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,446 (55.23%)
--Same county: 901 (11.19%)
--Different county: 3,545 (44.04%)
----Same state: 2,794 (34.71%)
----Different state: 751 (9.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 143 (1.78%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,460 (100%)
Native: 8,367 (98.9%)
--Born in United States: 8,307 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,802 (68.58%)
----Different state: 2,505 (29.61%)
--Born outside United States: 60 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 93 (1.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 28 (0.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (0.38%)
--Not a citizen: 61 (0.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 93 (100%)
Europe: 31 (33.33%)
Asia: 35 (37.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (29.03%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,050 (100%)
English only: 7,670 (95.28%)
Language other than English: 380 (4.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (1.94%)
--Spanish: 249 (3.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (1.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 117 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,460 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,129% (84.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 23 (0.27%)
Danish: 70 (0.83%)
Dutch: 248 (2.93%)
English: 774 (9.15%)
French (except Basque): 301 (3.56%)
French Canadian: 33 (0.39%)
German: 1,484 (17.54%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.07%)
Irish: 975 (11.52%)
Italian: 177 (2.09%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 53 (0.63%)
Polish: 62 (0.73%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 125 (1.48%)
Scottish: 93 (1.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 93 (1.1%)
Swedish: 114 (1.35%)
Swiss: 23 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 945 (11.17%)
Welsh: 90 (1.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,433 (16.94%)

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