Chadron, NE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3108605, place: Chadron city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,474 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (1.37%)
Kindergarten: 97 (3.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 404 (16.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 278 (11.24%)
College or graduate school: 1,661 (67.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,794 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 173 (6.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 210 (7.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 536 (19.18%)
Some college, no degree: 741 (26.52%)
Associate degree: 188 (6.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 564 (20.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 382 (13.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,806 (100%)
Never married: 1,864 (38.78%)
Now married, except separated: 2,166 (45.07%)
Separated: 59 (1.23%)
Total Widowed: 330 (6.87%)
Widowed Female: 287 (5.97%)
Total Divorced: 387 (8.05%)
Divorced Female: 215 (4.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,602 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 544 (11.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,678 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (3.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,884 (100%)
--With a disability: 327 (11.34%)
----Percent employed: 72.8%
--No disability: 2,557 (88.66%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 718 (100%)
--With a disability: 326 (45.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,323 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,069 (38.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,204 (60.19%)
--Same county: 993 (18.65%)
--Different county: 2,211 (41.54%)
----Same state: 1,122 (21.08%)
----Different state: 1,089 (20.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 50 (0.94%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,622 (100%)
Native: 5,462 (97.15%)
--Born in United States: 5,445 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,105 (55.23%)
----Different state: 2,340 (41.62%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 160 (2.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 106 (1.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 43 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 117 (2.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 160 (100%)
Europe: 9 (5.63%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 47 (29.38%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 93 (58.13%)
Northern America: 11 (6.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,323 (100%)
English only: 5,052 (94.91%)
Language other than English: 271 (5.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (1.9%)
--Spanish: 165 (3.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (1.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 67 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,622 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,777% (120.54%)
Arab: 15 (0.27%)
Czech: 297 (5.28%)
Danish: 179 (3.18%)
Dutch: 166 (2.95%)
English: 663 (11.79%)
French (except Basque): 210 (3.74%)
French Canadian: 31 (0.55%)
German: 2,237 (39.79%)
Greek: 3 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.39%)
Irish: 838 (14.91%)
Italian: 127 (2.26%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 230 (4.09%)
Polish: 186 (3.31%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.14%)
Russian: 27 (0.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 81 (1.44%)
Scottish: 104 (1.85%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 62 (1.1%)
Swedish: 264 (4.7%)
Swiss: 17 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 1 (0.02%)
United States or American: 333 (5.92%)
Welsh: 26 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 643 (11.44%)

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