Arkansas City, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2002300, place: Arkansas City city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,209 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 174 (5.42%)
Kindergarten: 240 (7.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,371 (42.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 627 (19.54%)
College or graduate school: 797 (24.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,580 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 365 (4.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 936 (12.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,492 (32.88%)
Some college, no degree: 1,968 (25.96%)
Associate degree: 691 (9.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 787 (10.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 341 (4.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,509 (100%)
Never married: 1,945 (20.45%)
Now married, except separated: 5,283 (55.56%)
Separated: 134 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 973 (10.23%)
Widowed Female: 805 (8.47%)
Total Divorced: 1,174 (12.35%)
Divorced Female: 655 (6.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 159 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 86 (54.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,964 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,157 (12.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,035 (100%)
--With a disability: 339 (11.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,021 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,338 (22.22%)
----Percent employed: 45.6%
--No disability: 4,683 (77.78%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,986 (100%)
--With a disability: 907 (45.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,212 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,490 (48.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,480 (48.88%)
--Same county: 3,165 (28.23%)
--Different county: 2,315 (20.65%)
----Same state: 1,178 (10.51%)
----Different state: 1,137 (10.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 242 (2.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,037 (100%)
Native: 11,880 (98.7%)
--Born in United States: 11,843 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,289 (68.86%)
----Different state: 3,554 (29.53%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 157 (1.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 90 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.17%)
--Not a citizen: 137 (1.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 157 (100%)
Europe: 11 (7.01%)
Asia: 17 (10.83%)
Africa: 41 (26.11%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 74 (47.13%)
Northern America: 14 (8.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,212 (100%)
English only: 10,755 (95.92%)
Language other than English: 457 (4.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 159 (1.42%)
--Spanish: 310 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 132 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 91 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,037 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,247% (93.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 72 (0.6%)
Danish: 15 (0.12%)
Dutch: 477 (3.96%)
English: 1,303 (10.82%)
French (except Basque): 413 (3.43%)
French Canadian: 93 (0.77%)
German: 2,354 (19.56%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,503 (12.49%)
Italian: 129 (1.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 113 (0.94%)
Polish: 116 (0.96%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 18 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 270 (2.24%)
Scottish: 173 (1.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 45 (0.37%)
Swedish: 140 (1.16%)
Swiss: 21 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,596 (13.26%)
Welsh: 69 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 2,316 (19.24%)

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