Ashland, NE

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3102305, place: Ashland city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 553 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (6.33%)
Kindergarten: 56 (10.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 269 (48.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 130 (23.51%)
College or graduate school: 63 (11.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,496 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 66 (4.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 221 (14.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 619 (41.38%)
Some college, no degree: 269 (17.98%)
Associate degree: 117 (7.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 154 (10.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 50 (3.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,788 (100%)
Never married: 399 (22.32%)
Now married, except separated: 979 (54.75%)
Separated: 15 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 194 (10.85%)
Widowed Female: 160 (8.95%)
Total Divorced: 201 (11.24%)
Divorced Female: 115 (6.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,660 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 288 (17.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 524 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (9.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,157 (100%)
--With a disability: 154 (13.31%)
----Percent employed: 63%
--No disability: 1,003 (86.69%)
----Percent employed: 88.2%
Population 65 years and over: 344 (100%)
--With a disability: 142 (41.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,124 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,148 (54.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 945 (44.49%)
--Same county: 405 (19.07%)
--Different county: 540 (25.42%)
----Same state: 402 (18.93%)
----Different state: 138 (6.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (1.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,261 (100%)
Native: 2,212 (97.83%)
--Born in United States: 2,205 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,665 (73.64%)
----Different state: 540 (23.88%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 49 (2.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 43 (1.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (1.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 49 (100%)
Europe: 9 (18.37%)
Asia: 14 (28.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (53.06%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,124 (100%)
English only: 2,045 (96.28%)
Language other than English: 79 (3.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.41%)
--Spanish: 52 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,261 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,468% (109.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 61 (2.7%)
Danish: 77 (3.41%)
Dutch: 77 (3.41%)
English: 274 (12.12%)
French (except Basque): 69 (3.05%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.18%)
German: 846 (37.42%)
Greek: 15 (0.66%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 372 (16.45%)
Italian: 20 (0.88%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 60 (2.65%)
Polish: 36 (1.59%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (0.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (1.86%)
Scottish: 30 (1.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 167 (7.39%)
Swiss: 16 (0.71%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 97 (4.29%)
Welsh: 29 (1.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 161 (7.12%)

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