University City, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2975220, place: University City city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,137 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 770 (6.91%)
Kindergarten: 500 (4.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,881 (34.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,740 (15.62%)
College or graduate school: 4,246 (38.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,195 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 993 (3.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,180 (8.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,300 (17.07%)
Some college, no degree: 5,378 (21.35%)
Associate degree: 996 (3.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,405 (21.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,943 (23.59%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,458 (100%)
Never married: 11,033 (36.22%)
Now married, except separated: 12,921 (42.42%)
Separated: 822 (2.7%)
Total Widowed: 2,414 (7.93%)
Widowed Female: 1,983 (6.51%)
Total Divorced: 3,268 (10.73%)
Divorced Female: 2,120 (6.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 884 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 442 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 29,214 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,172 (10.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,428 (100%)
--With a disability: 707 (9.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,814 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,849 (16.87%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 18,965 (83.13%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 4,839 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,030 (41.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 35,247 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,580 (55.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,572 (41.34%)
--Same county: 5,386 (15.28%)
--Different county: 9,186 (26.06%)
----Same state: 4,834 (13.71%)
----Different state: 4,352 (12.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,095 (3.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 37,462 (100%)
Native: 34,799 (92.89%)
--Born in United States: 34,478 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,970 (55.98%)
----Different state: 13,508 (36.06%)
--Born outside United States: 321 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 2,663 (7.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,583 (4.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 979 (2.61%)
--Not a citizen: 1,684 (4.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,663 (100%)
Europe: 891 (33.46%)
Asia: 1,048 (39.35%)
Africa: 305 (11.45%)
Oceania: 36 (1.35%)
Latin America: 248 (9.31%)
Northern America: 135 (5.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 35,247 (100%)
English only: 31,847 (90.35%)
Language other than English: 3,400 (9.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,234 (3.5%)
--Spanish: 756 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,455 (4.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 414 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 795 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 501 (1.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 37,462 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 38,496% (102.76%)
Arab: 154 (0.41%)
Czech: 151 (0.4%)
Danish: 125 (0.33%)
Dutch: 291 (0.78%)
English: 2,353 (6.28%)
French (except Basque): 1,003 (2.68%)
French Canadian: 123 (0.33%)
German: 4,929 (13.16%)
Greek: 108 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 203 (0.54%)
Irish: 3,428 (9.15%)
Italian: 1,056 (2.82%)
Lithuanian: 50 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 171 (0.46%)
Polish: 969 (2.59%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.02%)
Russian: 1,431 (3.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 407 (1.09%)
Scottish: 510 (1.36%)
Slovak: 35 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 716 (1.91%)
Swedish: 290 (0.77%)
Swiss: 77 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 222 (0.59%)
United States or American: 1,012 (2.7%)
Welsh: 170 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 111 (0.3%)
Other ancestries: 18,393 (49.1%)

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