Avon, SD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4602900, place: Avon city, South Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 107 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (2.8%)
Kindergarten: 6 (5.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 60 (56.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (29.91%)
College or graduate school: 6 (5.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 406 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 63 (15.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 42 (10.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 124 (30.54%)
Some college, no degree: 61 (15.02%)
Associate degree: 26 (6.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 61 (15.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 29 (7.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 464 (100%)
Never married: 72 (15.52%)
Now married, except separated: 300 (64.66%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 65 (14.01%)
Widowed Female: 52 (11.21%)
Total Divorced: 27 (5.82%)
Divorced Female: 13 (2.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 441 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 83 (18.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 113 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (2.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 266 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (16.92%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 221 (83.08%)
----Percent employed: 86.9%
Population 65 years and over: 164 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (46.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 543 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 368 (67.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 172 (31.68%)
--Same county: 120 (22.1%)
--Different county: 52 (9.58%)
----Same state: 27 (4.97%)
----Different state: 25 (4.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 572 (100%)
Native: 570 (99.65%)
--Born in United States: 570 (100%)
----State of residence: 511 (89.34%)
----Different state: 59 (10.31%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.35%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 543 (100%)
English only: 524 (96.5%)
Language other than English: 19 (3.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (1.29%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (3.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (1.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 572 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 633% (110.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 58 (10.14%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 71 (12.41%)
English: 35 (6.12%)
French (except Basque): 8 (1.4%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.52%)
German: 282 (49.3%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 65 (11.36%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 32 (5.59%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.87%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.52%)
Scottish: 2 (0.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.35%)
Swedish: 4 (0.7%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 37 (6.47%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 26 (4.55%)

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