Carthage, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2911656, place: Carthage city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,949 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 188 (6.38%)
Kindergarten: 229 (7.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,369 (46.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 689 (23.36%)
College or graduate school: 474 (16.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,002 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 939 (11.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,303 (16.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,660 (33.24%)
Some college, no degree: 1,628 (20.34%)
Associate degree: 328 (4.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 776 (9.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 368 (4.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,864 (100%)
Never married: 2,078 (21.07%)
Now married, except separated: 5,402 (54.76%)
Separated: 182 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 1,099 (11.14%)
Widowed Female: 955 (9.68%)
Total Divorced: 1,103 (11.18%)
Divorced Female: 695 (7.05%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 136 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (58.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,318 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,079 (11.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,812 (100%)
--With a disability: 270 (9.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,495 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,416 (21.8%)
----Percent employed: 50.7%
--No disability: 5,079 (78.2%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,043 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,029 (50.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,589 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,976 (42.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,100 (52.64%)
--Same county: 3,683 (31.78%)
--Different county: 2,417 (20.86%)
----Same state: 941 (8.12%)
----Different state: 1,476 (12.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 513 (4.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,560 (100%)
Native: 11,417 (90.9%)
--Born in United States: 11,336 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,249 (57.71%)
----Different state: 4,087 (32.54%)
--Born outside United States: 81 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 1,143 (9.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 780 (6.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 218 (1.74%)
--Not a citizen: 925 (7.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,143 (100%)
Europe: 39 (3.41%)
Asia: 113 (9.89%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 991 (86.7%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,589 (100%)
English only: 10,031 (86.56%)
Language other than English: 1,558 (13.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,058 (9.13%)
--Spanish: 1,327 (11.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 943 (8.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 66 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 136 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (0.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,560 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,767% (85.72%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.12%)
Danish: 43 (0.34%)
Dutch: 192 (1.53%)
English: 1,186 (9.44%)
French (except Basque): 252 (2.01%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.29%)
German: 1,960 (15.61%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,232 (9.81%)
Italian: 183 (1.46%)
Lithuanian: 40 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 99 (0.79%)
Polish: 57 (0.45%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.12%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 285 (2.27%)
Scottish: 202 (1.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 47 (0.37%)
Swiss: 35 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.04%)
United States or American: 1,489 (11.86%)
Welsh: 69 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 3,311 (26.36%)

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