Hastings, NE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3121415, place: Hastings city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,586 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 528 (8.02%)
Kindergarten: 361 (5.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,355 (35.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,252 (19.01%)
College or graduate school: 2,090 (31.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,306 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 802 (5.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,471 (9.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,027 (32.84%)
Some college, no degree: 3,873 (25.3%)
Associate degree: 1,064 (6.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,046 (13.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,023 (6.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,351 (100%)
Never married: 5,002 (25.85%)
Now married, except separated: 10,451 (54.01%)
Separated: 267 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 1,845 (9.53%)
Widowed Female: 1,607 (8.3%)
Total Divorced: 1,786 (9.23%)
Divorced Female: 1,033 (5.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 245 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 126 (51.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,413 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,367 (12.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,270 (100%)
--With a disability: 404 (7.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,728 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,158 (16.95%)
----Percent employed: 65.1%
--No disability: 10,570 (83.05%)
----Percent employed: 86%
Population 65 years and over: 3,794 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,504 (39.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,426 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,427 (50.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,334 (46.08%)
--Same county: 5,177 (23.08%)
--Different county: 5,157 (23%)
----Same state: 3,276 (14.61%)
----Different state: 1,881 (8.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 665 (2.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,071 (100%)
Native: 22,757 (94.54%)
--Born in United States: 22,679 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,993 (70.6%)
----Different state: 5,686 (23.62%)
--Born outside United States: 78 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 1,314 (5.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,032 (4.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 243 (1.01%)
--Not a citizen: 1,071 (4.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,314 (100%)
Europe: 83 (6.32%)
Asia: 536 (40.79%)
Africa: 18 (1.37%)
Oceania: 2 (0.15%)
Latin America: 675 (51.37%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,426 (100%)
English only: 20,551 (91.64%)
Language other than English: 1,875 (8.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,149 (5.12%)
--Spanish: 1,017 (4.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 667 (2.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 301 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 85 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 512 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 392 (1.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,071 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,422% (113.92%)
Arab: 61 (0.25%)
Czech: 811 (3.37%)
Danish: 682 (2.83%)
Dutch: 432 (1.79%)
English: 2,826 (11.74%)
French (except Basque): 860 (3.57%)
French Canadian: 199 (0.83%)
German: 10,009 (41.58%)
Greek: 73 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.09%)
Irish: 3,117 (12.95%)
Italian: 214 (0.89%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.01%)
Norwegian: 400 (1.66%)
Polish: 659 (2.74%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.03%)
Russian: 227 (0.94%)
Scotch-Irish: 461 (1.92%)
Scottish: 385 (1.6%)
Slovak: 14 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 39 (0.16%)
Swedish: 1,185 (4.92%)
Swiss: 92 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,375 (5.71%)
Welsh: 141 (0.59%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,130 (13%)

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