Garnett, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2025925, place: Garnett city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 820 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (6.59%)
Kindergarten: 53 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 411 (50.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 233 (28.41%)
College or graduate school: 69 (8.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,265 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 208 (9.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 166 (7.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 979 (43.22%)
Some college, no degree: 470 (20.75%)
Associate degree: 106 (4.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 226 (9.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 110 (4.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,649 (100%)
Never married: 400 (15.1%)
Now married, except separated: 1,552 (58.59%)
Separated: 26 (0.98%)
Total Widowed: 356 (13.44%)
Widowed Female: 314 (11.85%)
Total Divorced: 315 (11.89%)
Divorced Female: 174 (6.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (32.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,515 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 359 (14.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 799 (100%)
--With a disability: 120 (15.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,555 (100%)
--With a disability: 327 (21.03%)
----Percent employed: 50.2%
--No disability: 1,228 (78.97%)
----Percent employed: 85.7%
Population 65 years and over: 689 (100%)
--With a disability: 325 (47.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,163 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,542 (48.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,606 (50.77%)
--Same county: 846 (26.75%)
--Different county: 760 (24.03%)
----Same state: 427 (13.5%)
----Different state: 333 (10.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,382 (100%)
Native: 3,355 (99.2%)
--Born in United States: 3,345 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,196 (64.93%)
----Different state: 1,149 (33.97%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 27 (0.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.18%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 18 (66.67%)
Asia: 9 (33.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,163 (100%)
English only: 3,049 (96.4%)
Language other than English: 114 (3.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.73%)
--Spanish: 48 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,382 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,044% (90.01%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.18%)
Danish: 19 (0.56%)
Dutch: 48 (1.42%)
English: 477 (14.1%)
French (except Basque): 108 (3.19%)
French Canadian: 13 (0.38%)
German: 835 (24.69%)
Greek: 17 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 450 (13.31%)
Italian: 7 (0.21%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 41 (1.21%)
Polish: 37 (1.09%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 76 (2.25%)
Scottish: 58 (1.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 99 (2.93%)
Swiss: 6 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 320 (9.46%)
Welsh: 65 (1.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 340 (10.05%)

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