Mercer, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2947486, place: Mercer town, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 85 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (5.88%)
Kindergarten: 2 (2.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 34 (40%)
High school (grades 9-12): 34 (40%)
College or graduate school: 10 (11.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 257 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (14.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 48 (18.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 105 (40.86%)
Some college, no degree: 32 (12.45%)
Associate degree: 15 (5.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 15 (5.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6 (2.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 302 (100%)
Never married: 65 (21.52%)
Now married, except separated: 155 (51.32%)
Separated: 10 (3.31%)
Total Widowed: 45 (14.9%)
Widowed Female: 41 (13.58%)
Total Divorced: 27 (8.94%)
Divorced Female: 18 (5.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 277 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 40 (14.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 75 (100%)
--With a disability: 1 (1.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 183 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (23.5%)
----Percent employed: 65.1%
--No disability: 140 (76.5%)
----Percent employed: 85.7%
Population 65 years and over: 85 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (42.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 343 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 252 (73.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 91 (26.53%)
--Same county: 39 (11.37%)
--Different county: 52 (15.16%)
----Same state: 22 (6.41%)
----Different state: 30 (8.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 353 (100%)
Native: 352 (99.72%)
--Born in United States: 352 (100%)
----State of residence: 218 (61.76%)
----Different state: 134 (37.96%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 1 (0.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 1 (0.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 343 (100%)
English only: 340 (99.13%)
Language other than English: 3 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.58%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 353 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 215% (60.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (1.42%)
English: 14 (3.97%)
French (except Basque): 7 (1.98%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 25 (7.08%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 42 (11.9%)
Italian: 3 (0.85%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 4 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (3.4%)
Scottish: 1 (0.28%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 66 (18.7%)
Welsh: 5 (1.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 31 (8.78%)

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