Lee's Summit, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2941348, place: Lee's Summit city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 20,355 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,928 (9.47%)
Kindergarten: 1,127 (5.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,659 (47.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,114 (20.21%)
College or graduate school: 3,527 (17.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 45,693 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 868 (1.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,286 (5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,768 (21.38%)
Some college, no degree: 12,369 (27.07%)
Associate degree: 3,353 (7.34%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,407 (24.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,642 (12.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 53,475 (100%)
Never married: 10,555 (19.74%)
Now married, except separated: 34,148 (63.86%)
Separated: 661 (1.24%)
Total Widowed: 2,929 (5.48%)
Widowed Female: 2,499 (4.67%)
Total Divorced: 5,182 (9.69%)
Divorced Female: 3,178 (5.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 672 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 250 (37.2%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 50,213 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,558 (13.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17,304 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,063 (6.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 40,746 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,038 (9.91%)
----Percent employed: 66.9%
--No disability: 36,708 (90.09%)
----Percent employed: 85.1%
Population 65 years and over: 6,485 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,528 (38.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 65,321 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 30,825 (47.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 33,937 (51.95%)
--Same county: 21,013 (32.17%)
--Different county: 12,924 (19.79%)
----Same state: 4,663 (7.14%)
----Different state: 8,261 (12.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 559 (0.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 71,074 (100%)
Native: 69,630 (97.97%)
--Born in United States: 69,107 (100%)
----State of residence: 43,523 (61.24%)
----Different state: 25,584 (36%)
--Born outside United States: 523 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 1,444 (2.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 520 (0.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 791 (1.11%)
--Not a citizen: 653 (0.92%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,444 (100%)
Europe: 497 (34.42%)
Asia: 418 (28.95%)
Africa: 89 (6.16%)
Oceania: 23 (1.59%)
Latin America: 269 (18.63%)
Northern America: 148 (10.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 65,321 (100%)
English only: 62,641 (95.9%)
Language other than English: 2,680 (4.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 831 (1.27%)
--Spanish: 1,257 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 408 (0.62%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 966 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 236 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 323 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 71,074 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 77,360% (108.84%)
Arab: 315 (0.44%)
Czech: 677 (0.95%)
Danish: 394 (0.55%)
Dutch: 1,740 (2.45%)
English: 10,243 (14.41%)
French (except Basque): 2,590 (3.64%)
French Canadian: 316 (0.44%)
German: 19,795 (27.85%)
Greek: 177 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 155 (0.22%)
Irish: 10,639 (14.97%)
Italian: 3,326 (4.68%)
Lithuanian: 35 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 1,049 (1.48%)
Polish: 1,285 (1.81%)
Portuguese: 77 (0.11%)
Russian: 231 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,979 (2.78%)
Scottish: 1,914 (2.69%)
Slovak: 92 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 179 (0.25%)
Swedish: 1,492 (2.1%)
Swiss: 426 (0.6%)
Ukrainian: 79 (0.11%)
United States or American: 6,418 (9.03%)
Welsh: 865 (1.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 90 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 10,782 (15.17%)

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