General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4645180, place: Nisland town, South Dakota)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 51 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 3 (5.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 25 (49.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 20 (39.22%)
College or graduate school: 3 (5.88%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 115 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (18.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 12 (10.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 46 (40%)
Some college, no degree: 19 (16.52%)
Associate degree: 5 (4.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 12 (10.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 140 (100%)
Never married: 40 (28.57%)
Now married, except separated: 62 (44.29%)
Separated: 6 (4.29%)
Total Widowed: 9 (6.43%)
Widowed Female: 7 (5%)
Total Divorced: 23 (16.43%)
Divorced Female: 14 (10%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 127 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 22 (17.32%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 50 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (10%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 86 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (23.26%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 66 (76.74%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 32 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (65.63%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 168 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 94 (55.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 74 (44.05%)
--Same county: 47 (27.98%)
--Different county: 27 (16.07%)
----Same state: 12 (7.14%)
----Different state: 15 (8.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 173 (100%)
Native: 173 (100%)
--Born in United States: 173 (100%)
----State of residence: 101 (58.38%)
----Different state: 72 (41.62%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 168 (100%)
English only: 161 (95.83%)
Language other than English: 7 (4.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.6%)
--Spanish: 5 (2.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 173 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 196% (113.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (1.16%)
Danish: 7 (4.05%)
Dutch: 5 (2.89%)
English: 16 (9.25%)
French (except Basque): 4 (2.31%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.58%)
German: 73 (42.2%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 10 (5.78%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (6.94%)
Polish: 12 (6.94%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (1.73%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (1.16%)
Scottish: 11 (6.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (5.2%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 29 (16.76%)
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