Gordon, NE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3119350, place: Gordon city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 456 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (7.68%)
Kindergarten: 22 (4.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 227 (49.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (25.44%)
College or graduate school: 56 (12.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,157 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 57 (4.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 135 (11.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 436 (37.68%)
Some college, no degree: 272 (23.51%)
Associate degree: 40 (3.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 144 (12.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 73 (6.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,361 (100%)
Never married: 270 (19.84%)
Now married, except separated: 763 (56.06%)
Separated: 19 (1.4%)
Total Widowed: 170 (12.49%)
Widowed Female: 155 (11.39%)
Total Divorced: 139 (10.21%)
Divorced Female: 80 (5.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (41.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,273 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 193 (15.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 394 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (4.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 811 (100%)
--With a disability: 145 (17.88%)
----Percent employed: 68.3%
--No disability: 666 (82.12%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 373 (100%)
--With a disability: 151 (40.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,624 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 867 (53.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 754 (46.43%)
--Same county: 363 (22.35%)
--Different county: 391 (24.08%)
----Same state: 132 (8.13%)
----Different state: 259 (15.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,743 (100%)
Native: 1,734 (99.48%)
--Born in United States: 1,730 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,127 (64.66%)
----Different state: 603 (34.6%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.23%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 4 (44.44%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (55.56%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,624 (100%)
English only: 1,528 (94.09%)
Language other than English: 96 (5.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.11%)
--Spanish: 24 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,743 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,674% (96.04%)
Arab: 9 (0.52%)
Czech: 57 (3.27%)
Danish: 41 (2.35%)
Dutch: 37 (2.12%)
English: 157 (9.01%)
French (except Basque): 55 (3.16%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.29%)
German: 454 (26.05%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.11%)
Irish: 218 (12.51%)
Italian: 15 (0.86%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 33 (1.89%)
Polish: 19 (1.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (2.35%)
Scottish: 23 (1.32%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 49 (2.81%)
Swiss: 30 (1.72%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 107 (6.14%)
Welsh: 15 (0.86%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 301 (17.27%)

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