Platte City, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2958178, place: Platte City city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,031 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (6.01%)
Kindergarten: 97 (9.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 434 (42.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 269 (26.09%)
College or graduate school: 169 (16.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,397 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 94 (3.92%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 177 (7.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 815 (34%)
Some college, no degree: 641 (26.74%)
Associate degree: 96 (4.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 406 (16.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 168 (7.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,915 (100%)
Never married: 634 (21.75%)
Now married, except separated: 1,715 (58.83%)
Separated: 54 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 140 (4.8%)
Widowed Female: 103 (3.53%)
Total Divorced: 372 (12.76%)
Divorced Female: 203 (6.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,697 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 355 (13.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 870 (100%)
--With a disability: 78 (8.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,078 (100%)
--With a disability: 244 (11.74%)
----Percent employed: 61.9%
--No disability: 1,834 (88.26%)
----Percent employed: 86.3%
Population 65 years and over: 336 (100%)
--With a disability: 161 (47.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,501 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,205 (34.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,248 (64.21%)
--Same county: 811 (23.16%)
--Different county: 1,437 (41.05%)
----Same state: 780 (22.28%)
----Different state: 657 (18.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (1.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,815 (100%)
Native: 3,738 (97.98%)
--Born in United States: 3,725 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,824 (47.81%)
----Different state: 1,901 (49.83%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 77 (2.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 33 (0.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (0.87%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (1.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 77 (100%)
Europe: 18 (23.38%)
Asia: 29 (37.66%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (9.09%)
Latin America: 11 (14.29%)
Northern America: 12 (15.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,501 (100%)
English only: 3,431 (98%)
Language other than English: 70 (2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.51%)
--Spanish: 42 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,815 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,376% (88.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.21%)
Danish: 28 (0.73%)
Dutch: 85 (2.23%)
English: 459 (12.03%)
French (except Basque): 66 (1.73%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.42%)
German: 794 (20.81%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 409 (10.72%)
Italian: 52 (1.36%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (0.45%)
Polish: 44 (1.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 54 (1.42%)
Scottish: 74 (1.94%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 34 (0.89%)
Swiss: 13 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.16%)
United States or American: 501 (13.13%)
Welsh: 28 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 675 (17.69%)

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