Festus, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2924094, place: Festus city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,309 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 145 (6.28%)
Kindergarten: 115 (4.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,187 (51.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 461 (19.97%)
College or graduate school: 401 (17.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,226 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 472 (7.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 988 (15.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,124 (34.12%)
Some college, no degree: 1,420 (22.81%)
Associate degree: 460 (7.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 500 (8.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 262 (4.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,519 (100%)
Never married: 1,533 (20.39%)
Now married, except separated: 4,245 (56.46%)
Separated: 148 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 677 (9%)
Widowed Female: 595 (7.91%)
Total Divorced: 916 (12.18%)
Divorced Female: 536 (7.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 123 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (67.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,147 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,240 (17.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,224 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (8.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,130 (100%)
--With a disability: 847 (16.51%)
----Percent employed: 42.9%
--No disability: 4,283 (83.49%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,460 (100%)
--With a disability: 736 (50.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,916 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,644 (52.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,209 (47.21%)
--Same county: 2,848 (31.94%)
--Different county: 1,361 (15.26%)
----Same state: 806 (9.04%)
----Different state: 555 (6.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 63 (0.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,596 (100%)
Native: 9,426 (98.23%)
--Born in United States: 9,402 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,754 (80.8%)
----Different state: 1,648 (17.17%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 170 (1.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 55 (0.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 78 (0.81%)
--Not a citizen: 92 (0.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 170 (100%)
Europe: 42 (24.71%)
Asia: 118 (69.41%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (5.88%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,916 (100%)
English only: 8,548 (95.87%)
Language other than English: 368 (4.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 102 (1.14%)
--Spanish: 96 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 123 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 138 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.79%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,596 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,675% (100.82%)
Arab: 26 (0.27%)
Czech: 127 (1.32%)
Danish: 14 (0.15%)
Dutch: 195 (2.03%)
English: 911 (9.49%)
French (except Basque): 1,030 (10.73%)
French Canadian: 45 (0.47%)
German: 2,551 (26.58%)
Greek: 18 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,371 (14.29%)
Italian: 271 (2.82%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.26%)
Polish: 139 (1.45%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 47 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 142 (1.48%)
Scottish: 118 (1.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.13%)
Swedish: 25 (0.26%)
Swiss: 51 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,142 (11.9%)
Welsh: 17 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,398 (14.57%)

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