General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2039000, place: Leavenworth city, Kansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,979 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 807 (8.09%)
Kindergarten: 645 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,254 (42.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,898 (19.02%)
College or graduate school: 2,375 (23.8%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 22,555 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,160 (5.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,346 (10.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,554 (29.06%)
Some college, no degree: 5,096 (22.59%)
Associate degree: 1,308 (5.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,309 (14.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,782 (12.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 26,997 (100%)
Never married: 5,887 (21.81%)
Now married, except separated: 14,021 (51.94%)
Separated: 805 (2.98%)
Total Widowed: 1,599 (5.92%)
Widowed Female: 1,192 (4.42%)
Total Divorced: 4,685 (17.35%)
Divorced Female: 1,737 (6.43%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 471 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 280 (59.45%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 23,514 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,882 (25.01%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 7,853 (100%)
--With a disability: 611 (7.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,669 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,894 (24.85%)
----Percent employed: 65%
--No disability: 11,775 (75.15%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,270 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,557 (47.61%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 32,380 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,198 (37.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 18,669 (57.66%)
--Same county: 7,070 (21.83%)
--Different county: 11,599 (35.82%)
----Same state: 2,167 (6.69%)
----Different state: 9,432 (29.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,513 (4.67%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 35,304 (100%)
Native: 34,169 (96.79%)
--Born in United States: 33,096 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,546 (38.37%)
----Different state: 19,550 (55.38%)
--Born outside United States: 1,073 (3.04%)
Foreign born: 1,135 (3.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 472 (1.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 590 (1.67%)
--Not a citizen: 545 (1.54%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 1,135 (100%)
Europe: 433 (38.15%)
Asia: 371 (32.69%)
Africa: 31 (2.73%)
Oceania: 7 (0.62%)
Latin America: 258 (22.73%)
Northern America: 35 (3.08%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 32,380 (100%)
English only: 30,061 (92.84%)
Language other than English: 2,319 (7.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 727 (2.25%)
--Spanish: 1,079 (3.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 320 (0.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 728 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 190 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 425 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 183 (0.57%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 35,304 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,335% (100.09%)
Arab: 36 (0.1%)
Czech: 160 (0.45%)
Danish: 127 (0.36%)
Dutch: 746 (2.11%)
English: 3,178 (9%)
French (except Basque): 782 (2.22%)
French Canadian: 199 (0.56%)
German: 7,432 (21.05%)
Greek: 52 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 114 (0.32%)
Irish: 4,910 (13.91%)
Italian: 899 (2.55%)
Lithuanian: 40 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 356 (1.01%)
Polish: 1,163 (3.29%)
Portuguese: 30 (0.08%)
Russian: 109 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 809 (2.29%)
Scottish: 601 (1.7%)
Slovak: 43 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 235 (0.67%)
Swedish: 402 (1.14%)
Swiss: 75 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 69 (0.2%)
United States or American: 3,041 (8.61%)
Welsh: 291 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 76 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 9,360 (26.51%)
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