Kirkwood, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2939044, place: Kirkwood city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,997 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 687 (9.82%)
Kindergarten: 303 (4.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,789 (39.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,575 (22.51%)
College or graduate school: 1,643 (23.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,370 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 345 (1.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 772 (3.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,966 (15.31%)
Some college, no degree: 4,182 (21.59%)
Associate degree: 1,129 (5.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,972 (30.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,004 (20.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 51.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,206 (100%)
Never married: 5,466 (24.61%)
Now married, except separated: 12,262 (55.22%)
Separated: 231 (1.04%)
Total Widowed: 2,005 (9.03%)
Widowed Female: 1,765 (7.95%)
Total Divorced: 2,242 (10.1%)
Divorced Female: 1,529 (6.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 237 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 61 (25.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,036 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,958 (14.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,405 (100%)
--With a disability: 497 (9.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,199 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,302 (8.57%)
----Percent employed: 64.1%
--No disability: 13,897 (91.43%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 4,749 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,619 (34.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,631 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,094 (62.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,458 (36.9%)
--Same county: 5,620 (21.93%)
--Different county: 3,838 (14.97%)
----Same state: 1,938 (7.56%)
----Different state: 1,900 (7.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 79 (0.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,270 (100%)
Native: 26,824 (98.36%)
--Born in United States: 26,643 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,028 (66.11%)
----Different state: 8,615 (31.59%)
--Born outside United States: 181 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 446 (1.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 117 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 220 (0.81%)
--Not a citizen: 226 (0.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 446 (100%)
Europe: 150 (33.63%)
Asia: 140 (31.39%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 109 (24.44%)
Northern America: 47 (10.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,631 (100%)
English only: 24,586 (95.92%)
Language other than English: 1,045 (4.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 235 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 530 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 133 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 412 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 71 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,270 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 33,102% (121.39%)
Arab: 93 (0.34%)
Czech: 191 (0.7%)
Danish: 217 (0.8%)
Dutch: 560 (2.05%)
English: 4,214 (15.45%)
French (except Basque): 1,268 (4.65%)
French Canadian: 91 (0.33%)
German: 9,853 (36.13%)
Greek: 77 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 115 (0.42%)
Irish: 5,657 (20.74%)
Italian: 1,159 (4.25%)
Lithuanian: 64 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 342 (1.25%)
Polish: 643 (2.36%)
Portuguese: 38 (0.14%)
Russian: 218 (0.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 603 (2.21%)
Scottish: 909 (3.33%)
Slovak: 46 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 43 (0.16%)
Swedish: 445 (1.63%)
Swiss: 177 (0.65%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.14%)
United States or American: 1,184 (4.34%)
Welsh: 413 (1.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 4,422 (16.22%)

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