Ogallala, NE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3135980, place: Ogallala city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,243 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 69 (5.55%)
Kindergarten: 38 (3.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 660 (53.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 377 (30.33%)
College or graduate school: 99 (7.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,292 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 172 (5.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 251 (7.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,230 (37.36%)
Some college, no degree: 894 (27.16%)
Associate degree: 196 (5.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 382 (11.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 167 (5.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,898 (100%)
Never married: 759 (19.47%)
Now married, except separated: 2,290 (58.75%)
Separated: 45 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 376 (9.65%)
Widowed Female: 304 (7.8%)
Total Divorced: 428 (10.98%)
Divorced Female: 269 (6.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (65.52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,638 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 506 (13.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,189 (100%)
--With a disability: 109 (9.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,542 (100%)
--With a disability: 486 (19.12%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
--No disability: 2,056 (80.88%)
----Percent employed: 86.9%
Population 65 years and over: 839 (100%)
--With a disability: 353 (42.07%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,656 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,404 (51.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,212 (47.51%)
--Same county: 1,194 (25.64%)
--Different county: 1,018 (21.86%)
----Same state: 472 (10.14%)
----Different state: 546 (11.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,946 (100%)
Native: 4,850 (98.06%)
--Born in United States: 4,822 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,307 (66.86%)
----Different state: 1,515 (30.63%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 96 (1.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 45 (0.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (1.05%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (0.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 96 (100%)
Europe: 25 (26.04%)
Asia: 31 (32.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 34 (35.42%)
Northern America: 6 (6.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,656 (100%)
English only: 4,417 (94.87%)
Language other than English: 239 (5.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (1.89%)
--Spanish: 122 (2.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 74 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.67%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,946 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,638% (113.99%)
Arab: 30 (0.61%)
Czech: 75 (1.52%)
Danish: 106 (2.14%)
Dutch: 147 (2.97%)
English: 603 (12.19%)
French (except Basque): 274 (5.54%)
French Canadian: 64 (1.29%)
German: 1,923 (38.88%)
Greek: 24 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 674 (13.63%)
Italian: 73 (1.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.95%)
Polish: 156 (3.15%)
Portuguese: 27 (0.55%)
Russian: 15 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 100 (2.02%)
Scottish: 115 (2.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 283 (5.72%)
Swiss: 12 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 304 (6.15%)
Welsh: 19 (0.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 567 (11.46%)

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