Shrewsbury, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2967700, place: Shrewsbury city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,526 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 77 (5.05%)
Kindergarten: 56 (3.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 444 (29.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 206 (13.5%)
College or graduate school: 743 (48.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,779 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 279 (5.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 372 (7.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,002 (20.97%)
Some college, no degree: 896 (18.75%)
Associate degree: 313 (6.55%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,313 (27.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 604 (12.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,742 (100%)
Never married: 1,802 (31.38%)
Now married, except separated: 2,465 (42.93%)
Separated: 48 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 936 (16.3%)
Widowed Female: 808 (14.07%)
Total Divorced: 491 (8.55%)
Divorced Female: 307 (5.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (39.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,544 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 583 (10.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 921 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (10.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,546 (100%)
--With a disability: 321 (9.05%)
----Percent employed: 53.9%
--No disability: 3,225 (90.95%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,478 (100%)
--With a disability: 504 (34.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,261 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,239 (51.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,951 (47.13%)
--Same county: 1,360 (21.72%)
--Different county: 1,591 (25.41%)
----Same state: 1,002 (16%)
----Different state: 589 (9.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 71 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,550 (100%)
Native: 6,262 (95.6%)
--Born in United States: 6,230 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,603 (70.27%)
----Different state: 1,627 (24.84%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 288 (4.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 140 (2.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 142 (2.17%)
--Not a citizen: 146 (2.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 288 (100%)
Europe: 86 (29.86%)
Asia: 104 (36.11%)
Africa: 36 (12.5%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 54 (18.75%)
Northern America: 8 (2.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,261 (100%)
English only: 5,841 (93.29%)
Language other than English: 420 (6.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (2.35%)
--Spanish: 136 (2.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 183 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (1.02%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 79 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,550 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,953% (121.42%)
Arab: 20 (0.31%)
Czech: 118 (1.8%)
Danish: 17 (0.26%)
Dutch: 67 (1.02%)
English: 723 (11.04%)
French (except Basque): 298 (4.55%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.2%)
German: 2,902 (44.31%)
Greek: 19 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.73%)
Irish: 1,707 (26.06%)
Italian: 430 (6.56%)
Lithuanian: 53 (0.81%)
Norwegian: 46 (0.7%)
Polish: 162 (2.47%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.15%)
Russian: 14 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (0.64%)
Scottish: 115 (1.76%)
Slovak: 39 (0.6%)
Subsaharan African: 73 (1.11%)
Swedish: 61 (0.93%)
Swiss: 70 (1.07%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 276 (4.21%)
Welsh: 56 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 574 (8.76%)

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