East Prairie, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2921052, place: East Prairie city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 674 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 77 (11.42%)
Kindergarten: 60 (8.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 326 (48.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 164 (24.33%)
College or graduate school: 47 (6.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,006 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 414 (20.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 528 (26.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 674 (33.6%)
Some college, no degree: 248 (12.36%)
Associate degree: 21 (1.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 86 (4.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (1.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 53%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,441 (100%)
Never married: 534 (21.88%)
Now married, except separated: 1,126 (46.13%)
Separated: 64 (2.62%)
Total Widowed: 356 (14.58%)
Widowed Female: 279 (11.43%)
Total Divorced: 361 (14.79%)
Divorced Female: 209 (8.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 65 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,287 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 245 (10.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 665 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (12.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,690 (100%)
--With a disability: 654 (38.7%)
----Percent employed: 43.6%
--No disability: 1,036 (61.3%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 500 (100%)
--With a disability: 279 (55.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,864 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,545 (53.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,311 (45.78%)
--Same county: 1,043 (36.42%)
--Different county: 268 (9.36%)
----Same state: 120 (4.19%)
----Different state: 148 (5.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,116 (100%)
Native: 3,095 (99.33%)
--Born in United States: 3,072 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,344 (75.22%)
----Different state: 728 (23.36%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 21 (0.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (0.67%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 15 (71.43%)
Asia: 6 (28.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,864 (100%)
English only: 2,845 (99.34%)
Language other than English: 19 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,116 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,523% (80.97%)
Arab: 6 (0.19%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 113 (3.63%)
English: 289 (9.27%)
French (except Basque): 152 (4.88%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 238 (7.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 569 (18.26%)
Italian: 61 (1.96%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 26 (0.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.19%)
Scottish: 11 (0.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 500 (16.05%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 552 (17.72%)

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