U.S. Beacon April 20, 2024

Benkelman, NE

Dundy County, Nebraska

Latitude: 40.050615     Longitude: -101.533660
Population 914 (2005)
Elevation of Benkelman, Nebraska: 3000 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3104230, place: Benkelman city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 198 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (8.59%)
Kindergarten: 6 (3.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 82 (41.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (32.32%)
College or graduate school: 29 (14.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 756 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 78 (10.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 63 (8.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 245 (32.41%)
Some college, no degree: 189 (25%)
Associate degree: 58 (7.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 81 (10.71%)
Graduate or professional degree: 42 (5.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 877 (100%)
Never married: 135 (15.39%)
Now married, except separated: 540 (61.57%)
Separated: 8 (0.91%)
Total Widowed: 129 (14.71%)
Widowed Female: 114 (13%)
Total Divorced: 65 (7.41%)
Divorced Female: 35 (3.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 834 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 126 (15.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 188 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (12.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 501 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (13.97%)
----Percent employed: 48.6%
--No disability: 431 (86.03%)
----Percent employed: 89.1%
Population 65 years and over: 237 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (32.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 978 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 649 (66.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 327 (33.44%)
--Same county: 152 (15.54%)
--Different county: 175 (17.89%)
----Same state: 78 (7.98%)
----Different state: 97 (9.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,027 (100%)
Native: 1,015 (98.83%)
--Born in United States: 1,008 (100%)
----State of residence: 650 (63.29%)
----Different state: 358 (34.86%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 12 (1.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.39%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 12 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 978 (100%)
English only: 951 (97.24%)
Language other than English: 27 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,027 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 940% (91.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 30 (2.92%)
Danish: 4 (0.39%)
Dutch: 13 (1.27%)
English: 136 (13.24%)
French (except Basque): 23 (2.24%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.1%)
German: 376 (36.61%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 90 (8.76%)
Italian: 4 (0.39%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (1.27%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 25 (2.43%)
Scottish: 28 (2.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 17 (1.66%)
Swiss: 2 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 78 (7.59%)
Welsh: 33 (3.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 58 (5.65%)

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