Essex, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2922600, place: Essex city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 116 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 8 (6.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 60 (51.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 29 (25%)
College or graduate school: 11 (9.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 362 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 85 (23.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (20.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 133 (36.74%)
Some college, no degree: 43 (11.88%)
Associate degree: 7 (1.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 13 (3.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (2.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 425 (100%)
Never married: 63 (14.82%)
Now married, except separated: 272 (64%)
Separated: 9 (2.12%)
Total Widowed: 40 (9.41%)
Widowed Female: 31 (7.29%)
Total Divorced: 41 (9.65%)
Divorced Female: 23 (5.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (62.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 399 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 60 (15.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 120 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (2.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 257 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (24.51%)
----Percent employed: 42.9%
--No disability: 194 (75.49%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 121 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (63.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 498 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 345 (69.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 153 (30.72%)
--Same county: 124 (24.9%)
--Different county: 29 (5.82%)
----Same state: 24 (4.82%)
----Different state: 5 (1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 524 (100%)
Native: 524 (100%)
--Born in United States: 521 (100%)
----State of residence: 386 (73.66%)
----Different state: 135 (25.76%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 498 (100%)
English only: 486 (97.59%)
Language other than English: 12 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (1.2%)
--Spanish: 7 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 524 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 407% (77.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (2.86%)
English: 23 (4.39%)
French (except Basque): 9 (1.72%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 27 (5.15%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 66 (12.6%)
Italian: 8 (1.53%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.38%)
Scottish: 2 (0.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 172 (32.82%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 83 (15.84%)

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