Vandalia, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2975688, place: Vandalia city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 479 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (8.98%)
Kindergarten: 17 (3.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 274 (57.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 109 (22.76%)
College or graduate school: 36 (7.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,770 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 204 (11.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 345 (19.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 769 (43.45%)
Some college, no degree: 235 (13.28%)
Associate degree: 13 (0.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 138 (7.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 66 (3.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,038 (100%)
Never married: 438 (21.49%)
Now married, except separated: 1,077 (52.85%)
Separated: 22 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 279 (13.69%)
Widowed Female: 223 (10.94%)
Total Divorced: 222 (10.89%)
Divorced Female: 127 (6.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (54.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,939 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 299 (15.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 504 (100%)
--With a disability: 52 (10.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,270 (100%)
--With a disability: 240 (18.9%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 1,030 (81.1%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 594 (100%)
--With a disability: 219 (36.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,368 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,411 (59.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 957 (40.41%)
--Same county: 443 (18.71%)
--Different county: 514 (21.71%)
----Same state: 353 (14.91%)
----Different state: 161 (6.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,532 (100%)
Native: 2,528 (99.84%)
--Born in United States: 2,524 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,102 (83.02%)
----Different state: 422 (16.67%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.16%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.16%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 4 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,368 (100%)
English only: 2,312 (97.64%)
Language other than English: 56 (2.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 52 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.17%)
----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: 2,532 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,141% (84.56%)
Arab: 13 (0.51%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (0.39%)
English: 261 (10.31%)
French (except Basque): 69 (2.73%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.24%)
German: 450 (17.77%)
Greek: 7 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.2%)
Irish: 321 (12.68%)
Italian: 26 (1.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.32%)
Polish: 14 (0.55%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.2%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (1.46%)
Scottish: 30 (1.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.47%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 16 (0.63%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 371 (14.65%)
Welsh: 13 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 467 (18.44%)

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