Great Bend, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2028300, place: Great Bend city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,822 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 331 (8.66%)
Kindergarten: 274 (7.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,775 (46.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 880 (23.02%)
College or graduate school: 562 (14.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,975 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 889 (8.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,132 (11.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,822 (28.29%)
Some college, no degree: 2,693 (27%)
Associate degree: 691 (6.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,119 (11.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 629 (6.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,045 (100%)
Never married: 2,569 (21.33%)
Now married, except separated: 6,771 (56.21%)
Separated: 147 (1.22%)
Total Widowed: 1,199 (9.95%)
Widowed Female: 1,050 (8.72%)
Total Divorced: 1,359 (11.28%)
Divorced Female: 791 (6.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 143 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 89 (62.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,360 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,472 (12.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,598 (100%)
--With a disability: 281 (7.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,686 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,269 (16.51%)
----Percent employed: 65.3%
--No disability: 6,417 (83.49%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,640 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,180 (44.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,259 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,651 (53.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,281 (44.05%)
--Same county: 4,068 (28.53%)
--Different county: 2,213 (15.52%)
----Same state: 1,414 (9.92%)
----Different state: 799 (5.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 327 (2.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,374 (100%)
Native: 14,236 (92.6%)
--Born in United States: 14,195 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,145 (72.49%)
----Different state: 3,050 (19.84%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 1,138 (7.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 731 (4.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 218 (1.42%)
--Not a citizen: 920 (5.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,138 (100%)
Europe: 59 (5.18%)
Asia: 43 (3.78%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,036 (91.04%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,259 (100%)
English only: 12,637 (88.62%)
Language other than English: 1,622 (11.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 921 (6.46%)
--Spanish: 1,415 (9.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 862 (6.05%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 173 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,374 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,957% (97.29%)
Arab: 3 (0.02%)
Czech: 165 (1.07%)
Danish: 40 (0.26%)
Dutch: 328 (2.13%)
English: 1,218 (7.92%)
French (except Basque): 331 (2.15%)
French Canadian: 54 (0.35%)
German: 5,571 (36.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,263 (8.22%)
Italian: 162 (1.05%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 152 (0.99%)
Polish: 123 (0.8%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 179 (1.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 283 (1.84%)
Scottish: 220 (1.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 78 (0.51%)
Swedish: 175 (1.14%)
Swiss: 9 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,089 (7.08%)
Welsh: 65 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 3,443 (22.39%)

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