General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4660060, place: Spencer city, South Dakota)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 37 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 24 (64.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 7 (18.92%)
College or graduate school: 6 (16.22%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 104 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9 (8.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7 (6.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 57 (54.81%)
Some college, no degree: 14 (13.46%)
Associate degree: 10 (9.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 5 (4.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (1.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 115 (100%)
Never married: 17 (14.78%)
Now married, except separated: 74 (64.35%)
Separated: 4 (3.48%)
Total Widowed: 7 (6.09%)
Widowed Female: 7 (6.09%)
Total Divorced: 13 (11.3%)
Divorced Female: 7 (6.09%)
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: 110 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 14 (12.73%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 39 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (5.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 77 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (19.48%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 62 (80.52%)
----Percent employed: 90.3%
Population 65 years and over: 27 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (51.85%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 143 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 72 (50.35%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 71 (49.65%)
--Same county: 39 (27.27%)
--Different county: 32 (22.38%)
----Same state: 29 (20.28%)
----Different state: 3 (2.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 158 (100%)
Native: 156 (98.73%)
--Born in United States: 156 (100%)
----State of residence: 119 (75.32%)
----Different state: 37 (23.42%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (1.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (1.27%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (100%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 143 (100%)
English only: 133 (93.01%)
Language other than English: 10 (6.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.7%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 158 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 203% (128.48%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 3 (1.9%)
Dutch: 3 (1.9%)
English: 8 (5.06%)
French (except Basque): 18 (11.39%)
French Canadian: 8 (5.06%)
German: 60 (37.97%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 26 (16.46%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 24 (15.19%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 2 (1.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (3.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 34 (21.52%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 12 (7.59%)
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