General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2919792, place: Doniphan city, Missouri)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 463 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (9.29%)
Kindergarten: 11 (2.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 245 (52.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 108 (23.33%)
College or graduate school: 56 (12.1%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,383 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 276 (19.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 268 (19.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 321 (23.21%)
Some college, no degree: 267 (19.31%)
Associate degree: 81 (5.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 78 (5.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 92 (6.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,600 (100%)
Never married: 274 (17.13%)
Now married, except separated: 735 (45.94%)
Separated: 41 (2.56%)
Total Widowed: 293 (18.31%)
Widowed Female: 264 (16.5%)
Total Divorced: 257 (16.06%)
Divorced Female: 132 (8.25%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (42.86%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,506 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 221 (14.67%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 439 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (6.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 829 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (22.44%)
----Percent employed: 35.5%
--No disability: 643 (77.56%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 453 (100%)
--With a disability: 246 (54.3%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,874 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 978 (52.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 892 (47.6%)
--Same county: 490 (26.15%)
--Different county: 402 (21.45%)
----Same state: 202 (10.78%)
----Different state: 200 (10.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.21%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,956 (100%)
Native: 1,936 (98.98%)
--Born in United States: 1,932 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,224 (62.58%)
----Different state: 708 (36.2%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 20 (1.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (0.56%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 9 (45%)
Asia: 8 (40%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (15%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,874 (100%)
English only: 1,842 (98.29%)
Language other than English: 32 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.16%)
--Spanish: 16 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,956 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,410% (72.09%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.26%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 39 (1.99%)
English: 205 (10.48%)
French (except Basque): 67 (3.43%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.77%)
German: 137 (7%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 288 (14.72%)
Italian: 5 (0.26%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.46%)
Polish: 45 (2.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (1.64%)
Scottish: 15 (0.77%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (0.66%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 322 (16.46%)
Welsh: 5 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 205 (10.48%)
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