Ralston, NE

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3140605, place: Ralston city, Nebraska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,620 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 145 (8.95%)
Kindergarten: 70 (4.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 615 (37.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 504 (31.11%)
College or graduate school: 286 (17.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,215 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 202 (4.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 263 (6.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,291 (30.63%)
Some college, no degree: 1,147 (27.21%)
Associate degree: 162 (3.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 898 (21.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 252 (5.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,147 (100%)
Never married: 1,452 (28.21%)
Now married, except separated: 2,882 (55.99%)
Separated: 41 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 247 (4.8%)
Widowed Female: 201 (3.91%)
Total Divorced: 525 (10.2%)
Divorced Female: 339 (6.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (51.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,742 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 784 (16.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,431 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (7.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,725 (100%)
--With a disability: 871 (23.38%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
--No disability: 2,854 (76.62%)
----Percent employed: 93%
Population 65 years and over: 778 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (37.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,942 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,800 (63.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,119 (35.66%)
--Same county: 1,022 (17.2%)
--Different county: 1,097 (18.46%)
----Same state: 546 (9.19%)
----Different state: 551 (9.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,254 (100%)
Native: 6,096 (97.47%)
--Born in United States: 6,083 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,114 (65.78%)
----Different state: 1,969 (31.48%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 158 (2.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 118 (1.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 68 (1.09%)
--Not a citizen: 90 (1.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 158 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 32 (20.25%)
Africa: 17 (10.76%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 101 (63.92%)
Northern America: 8 (5.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,942 (100%)
English only: 5,627 (94.7%)
Language other than English: 315 (5.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 164 (2.76%)
--Spanish: 188 (3.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 136 (2.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,254 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,664% (122.55%)
Arab: 62 (0.99%)
Czech: 506 (8.09%)
Danish: 301 (4.81%)
Dutch: 77 (1.23%)
English: 672 (10.75%)
French (except Basque): 223 (3.57%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.58%)
German: 2,284 (36.52%)
Greek: 21 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,018 (16.28%)
Italian: 373 (5.96%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.43%)
Norwegian: 189 (3.02%)
Polish: 539 (8.62%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 57 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 133 (2.13%)
Scottish: 69 (1.1%)
Slovak: 10 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 435 (6.96%)
Swiss: 7 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.11%)
United States or American: 141 (2.25%)
Welsh: 27 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 450 (7.2%)

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