Junction City, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2035750, place: Junction City city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,448 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 358 (6.57%)
Kindergarten: 309 (5.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,304 (42.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,199 (22.01%)
College or graduate school: 1,278 (23.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,913 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 574 (5.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,127 (10.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,447 (31.59%)
Some college, no degree: 3,226 (29.56%)
Associate degree: 815 (7.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,095 (10.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 629 (5.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,340 (100%)
Never married: 2,929 (20.43%)
Now married, except separated: 8,034 (56.03%)
Separated: 399 (2.78%)
Total Widowed: 1,113 (7.76%)
Widowed Female: 964 (6.72%)
Total Divorced: 1,865 (13.01%)
Divorced Female: 1,125 (7.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 341 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 138 (40.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,244 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,192 (26.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,628 (100%)
--With a disability: 437 (9.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,309 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,978 (21.25%)
----Percent employed: 57.9%
--No disability: 7,331 (78.75%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,890 (100%)
--With a disability: 888 (46.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,323 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,483 (43.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,824 (50.94%)
--Same county: 3,788 (21.87%)
--Different county: 5,036 (29.07%)
----Same state: 1,035 (5.97%)
----Different state: 4,001 (23.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,016 (5.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,882 (100%)
Native: 17,432 (92.32%)
--Born in United States: 16,411 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,102 (32.32%)
----Different state: 10,309 (54.6%)
--Born outside United States: 1,021 (5.41%)
Foreign born: 1,450 (7.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 420 (2.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 843 (4.46%)
--Not a citizen: 607 (3.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,450 (100%)
Europe: 482 (33.24%)
Asia: 572 (39.45%)
Africa: 27 (1.86%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 332 (22.9%)
Northern America: 37 (2.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,323 (100%)
English only: 14,901 (86.02%)
Language other than English: 2,422 (13.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 943 (5.44%)
--Spanish: 1,035 (5.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 406 (2.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 770 (4.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 169 (0.98%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 594 (3.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 368 (2.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,882 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,404% (97.47%)
Arab: 8 (0.04%)
Czech: 76 (0.4%)
Danish: 52 (0.28%)
Dutch: 328 (1.74%)
English: 1,244 (6.59%)
French (except Basque): 442 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 117 (0.62%)
German: 3,166 (16.77%)
Greek: 16 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 54 (0.29%)
Irish: 1,575 (8.34%)
Italian: 300 (1.59%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 195 (1.03%)
Polish: 211 (1.12%)
Portuguese: 51 (0.27%)
Russian: 28 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 294 (1.56%)
Scottish: 235 (1.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 246 (1.3%)
Swedish: 226 (1.2%)
Swiss: 70 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,140 (6.04%)
Welsh: 36 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 170 (0.9%)
Other ancestries: 8,124 (43.03%)

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