Forsyth, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2925192, place: Forsyth city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 258 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (6.2%)
Kindergarten: 15 (5.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 124 (48.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (23.64%)
College or graduate school: 42 (16.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,294 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 93 (7.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 176 (13.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 462 (35.7%)
Some college, no degree: 271 (20.94%)
Associate degree: 40 (3.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 173 (13.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 79 (6.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,455 (100%)
Never married: 190 (13.06%)
Now married, except separated: 939 (64.54%)
Separated: 18 (1.24%)
Total Widowed: 193 (13.26%)
Widowed Female: 167 (11.48%)
Total Divorced: 115 (7.9%)
Divorced Female: 68 (4.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,406 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 296 (21.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 252 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (10.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 726 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (20.52%)
----Percent employed: 54.4%
--No disability: 577 (79.48%)
----Percent employed: 75.2%
Population 65 years and over: 558 (100%)
--With a disability: 204 (36.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,612 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 797 (49.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 811 (50.31%)
--Same county: 311 (19.29%)
--Different county: 500 (31.02%)
----Same state: 177 (10.98%)
----Different state: 323 (20.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,695 (100%)
Native: 1,679 (99.06%)
--Born in United States: 1,669 (100%)
----State of residence: 684 (40.35%)
----Different state: 985 (58.11%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 16 (0.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.35%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (0.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 6 (37.5%)
Asia: 6 (37.5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,612 (100%)
English only: 1,572 (97.52%)
Language other than English: 40 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.56%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (1.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,695 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,488% (87.79%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.29%)
Danish: 7 (0.41%)
Dutch: 52 (3.07%)
English: 294 (17.35%)
French (except Basque): 46 (2.71%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.35%)
German: 302 (17.82%)
Greek: 6 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 199 (11.74%)
Italian: 28 (1.65%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 35 (2.06%)
Polish: 12 (0.71%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (1.83%)
Scottish: 32 (1.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (1.59%)
Swiss: 7 (0.41%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 207 (12.21%)
Welsh: 11 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.24%)
Other ancestries: 173 (10.21%)

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