Kearney, NE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3125055, place: Kearney city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,821 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 468 (4.77%)
Kindergarten: 304 (3.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,462 (25.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,273 (12.96%)
College or graduate school: 5,314 (54.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,617 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 573 (3.92%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 919 (6.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,340 (22.85%)
Some college, no degree: 3,702 (25.33%)
Associate degree: 984 (6.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,283 (22.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,816 (12.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,142 (100%)
Never married: 8,555 (38.64%)
Now married, except separated: 10,458 (47.23%)
Separated: 158 (0.71%)
Total Widowed: 1,234 (5.57%)
Widowed Female: 991 (4.48%)
Total Divorced: 1,737 (7.84%)
Divorced Female: 1,022 (4.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 157 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (22.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,215 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,001 (9.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,186 (100%)
--With a disability: 571 (7.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,074 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,981 (13.14%)
----Percent employed: 70.6%
--No disability: 13,093 (86.86%)
----Percent employed: 88.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,628 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,094 (41.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,268 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,516 (41.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,439 (57.14%)
--Same county: 6,453 (25.54%)
--Different county: 7,986 (31.61%)
----Same state: 5,901 (23.35%)
----Different state: 2,085 (8.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 313 (1.24%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,035 (100%)
Native: 26,340 (97.43%)
--Born in United States: 26,171 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,971 (73.87%)
----Different state: 6,200 (22.93%)
--Born outside United States: 169 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 695 (2.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 355 (1.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 240 (0.89%)
--Not a citizen: 455 (1.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 695 (100%)
Europe: 91 (13.09%)
Asia: 189 (27.19%)
Africa: 21 (3.02%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 387 (55.68%)
Northern America: 7 (1.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,268 (100%)
English only: 23,572 (93.29%)
Language other than English: 1,696 (6.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 586 (2.32%)
--Spanish: 1,101 (4.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 411 (1.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 416 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 79 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,035 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,119% (115.11%)
Arab: 125 (0.46%)
Czech: 977 (3.61%)
Danish: 1,128 (4.17%)
Dutch: 726 (2.69%)
English: 2,924 (10.82%)
French (except Basque): 585 (2.16%)
French Canadian: 84 (0.31%)
German: 11,344 (41.96%)
Greek: 92 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.04%)
Irish: 3,372 (12.47%)
Italian: 445 (1.65%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 600 (2.22%)
Polish: 917 (3.39%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.07%)
Russian: 190 (0.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 422 (1.56%)
Scottish: 410 (1.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.07%)
Swedish: 2,202 (8.14%)
Swiss: 183 (0.68%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.01%)
United States or American: 1,367 (5.06%)
Welsh: 201 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 50 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 2,710 (10.02%)

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