St. Joseph, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2964550, place: St. Joseph city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,797 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,327 (7.06%)
Kindergarten: 831 (4.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,325 (44.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,845 (20.46%)
College or graduate school: 4,469 (23.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 47,401 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,082 (6.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,949 (12.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 17,571 (37.07%)
Some college, no degree: 10,842 (22.87%)
Associate degree: 1,854 (3.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,408 (11.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,695 (5.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 59,158 (100%)
Never married: 15,397 (26.03%)
Now married, except separated: 30,026 (50.76%)
Separated: 1,288 (2.18%)
Total Widowed: 4,776 (8.07%)
Widowed Female: 3,970 (6.71%)
Total Divorced: 7,671 (12.97%)
Divorced Female: 4,064 (6.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,161 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 668 (57.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 55,979 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,242 (14.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 16,504 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,408 (8.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 38,717 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,987 (20.63%)
----Percent employed: 54%
--No disability: 30,730 (79.37%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 10,635 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,861 (45.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 69,122 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 36,788 (53.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 31,904 (46.16%)
--Same county: 19,688 (28.48%)
--Different county: 12,216 (17.67%)
----Same state: 6,890 (9.97%)
----Different state: 5,326 (7.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 430 (0.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 73,829 (100%)
Native: 73,059 (98.96%)
--Born in United States: 72,777 (100%)
----State of residence: 55,742 (75.5%)
----Different state: 17,035 (23.07%)
--Born outside United States: 282 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 770 (1.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 319 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 480 (0.65%)
--Not a citizen: 290 (0.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 770 (100%)
Europe: 267 (34.68%)
Asia: 185 (24.03%)
Africa: 11 (1.43%)
Oceania: 12 (1.56%)
Latin America: 166 (21.56%)
Northern America: 129 (16.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 69,122 (100%)
English only: 66,804 (96.65%)
Language other than English: 2,318 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 816 (1.18%)
--Spanish: 1,309 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 548 (0.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 779 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 192 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 203 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 73,829 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 65,034% (88.09%)
Arab: 77 (0.1%)
Czech: 244 (0.33%)
Danish: 297 (0.4%)
Dutch: 1,565 (2.12%)
English: 7,399 (10.02%)
French (except Basque): 2,028 (2.75%)
French Canadian: 294 (0.4%)
German: 15,167 (20.54%)
Greek: 99 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 72 (0.1%)
Irish: 9,935 (13.46%)
Italian: 959 (1.3%)
Lithuanian: 30 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 703 (0.95%)
Polish: 1,683 (2.28%)
Portuguese: 36 (0.05%)
Russian: 191 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,362 (1.84%)
Scottish: 1,232 (1.67%)
Slovak: 5 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 219 (0.3%)
Swedish: 783 (1.06%)
Swiss: 583 (0.79%)
Ukrainian: 117 (0.16%)
United States or American: 7,852 (10.64%)
Welsh: 551 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 73 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 11,478 (15.55%)

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