Eldon, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2921484, place: Eldon city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,055 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 37 (3.51%)
Kindergarten: 73 (6.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 534 (50.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 220 (20.85%)
College or graduate school: 191 (18.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,426 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 391 (11.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 632 (18.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,194 (34.85%)
Some college, no degree: 718 (20.96%)
Associate degree: 92 (2.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 277 (8.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 122 (3.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,023 (100%)
Never married: 632 (15.71%)
Now married, except separated: 2,067 (51.38%)
Separated: 104 (2.59%)
Total Widowed: 673 (16.73%)
Widowed Female: 551 (13.7%)
Total Divorced: 547 (13.6%)
Divorced Female: 343 (8.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (18.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,854 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 591 (15.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 969 (100%)
--With a disability: 136 (14.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,560 (100%)
--With a disability: 746 (29.14%)
----Percent employed: 63.5%
--No disability: 1,814 (70.86%)
----Percent employed: 75%
Population 65 years and over: 1,038 (100%)
--With a disability: 573 (55.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,680 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,303 (49.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,358 (50.38%)
--Same county: 1,314 (28.08%)
--Different county: 1,044 (22.31%)
----Same state: 731 (15.62%)
----Different state: 313 (6.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,982 (100%)
Native: 4,932 (99%)
--Born in United States: 4,898 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,605 (72.36%)
----Different state: 1,293 (25.95%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 50 (1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 23 (0.46%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (0.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 50 (100%)
Europe: 19 (38%)
Asia: 23 (46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (16%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,680 (100%)
English only: 4,602 (98.33%)
Language other than English: 78 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (1.05%)
--Spanish: 24 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 18 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,982 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,034% (80.97%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 25 (0.5%)
Dutch: 122 (2.45%)
English: 516 (10.36%)
French (except Basque): 143 (2.87%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.5%)
German: 808 (16.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 527 (10.58%)
Italian: 42 (0.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 36 (0.72%)
Polish: 38 (0.76%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.28%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 105 (2.11%)
Scottish: 59 (1.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 40 (0.8%)
Swiss: 55 (1.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 874 (17.54%)
Welsh: 31 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 574 (11.52%)

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