Beatrice, NE

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3103390, place: Beatrice city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,947 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 238 (8.08%)
Kindergarten: 134 (4.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,372 (46.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 752 (25.52%)
College or graduate school: 451 (15.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,468 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 803 (9.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 849 (10.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,151 (37.21%)
Some college, no degree: 1,720 (20.31%)
Associate degree: 581 (6.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,001 (11.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 363 (4.29%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,093 (100%)
Never married: 2,258 (22.37%)
Now married, except separated: 5,568 (55.17%)
Separated: 121 (1.2%)
Total Widowed: 1,131 (11.21%)
Widowed Female: 990 (9.81%)
Total Divorced: 1,015 (10.06%)
Divorced Female: 586 (5.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 97 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 55 (56.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,508 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,231 (12.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,716 (100%)
--With a disability: 255 (9.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,293 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,089 (17.3%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
--No disability: 5,204 (82.7%)
----Percent employed: 88.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,328 (100%)
--With a disability: 988 (42.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,742 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,558 (55.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,130 (43.69%)
--Same county: 3,034 (25.84%)
--Different county: 2,096 (17.85%)
----Same state: 1,339 (11.4%)
----Different state: 757 (6.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 54 (0.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,482 (100%)
Native: 12,372 (99.12%)
--Born in United States: 12,352 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,418 (75.45%)
----Different state: 2,934 (23.51%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.16%)
Foreign born: 110 (0.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 55 (0.44%)
--Not a citizen: 55 (0.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 110 (100%)
Europe: 32 (29.09%)
Asia: 56 (50.91%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (14.55%)
Northern America: 6 (5.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,742 (100%)
English only: 11,382 (96.93%)
Language other than English: 360 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.8%)
--Spanish: 74 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 248 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 30 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,482 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,042% (104.49%)
Arab: 8 (0.06%)
Czech: 538 (4.31%)
Danish: 232 (1.86%)
Dutch: 373 (2.99%)
English: 1,003 (8.04%)
French (except Basque): 409 (3.28%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.13%)
German: 5,929 (47.5%)
Greek: 34 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,419 (11.37%)
Italian: 164 (1.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 151 (1.21%)
Polish: 192 (1.54%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.12%)
Russian: 27 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 172 (1.38%)
Scottish: 106 (0.85%)
Slovak: 7 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 386 (3.09%)
Swiss: 128 (1.03%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.13%)
United States or American: 735 (5.89%)
Welsh: 172 (1.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 796 (6.38%)

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