Leawood, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2039075, place: Leawood city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,616 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 943 (10.94%)
Kindergarten: 623 (7.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,046 (46.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,996 (23.17%)
College or graduate school: 1,008 (11.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,251 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 95 (0.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 254 (1.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,402 (7.68%)
Some college, no degree: 3,248 (17.8%)
Associate degree: 839 (4.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,380 (40.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,033 (27.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 68%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,901 (100%)
Never married: 3,459 (16.55%)
Now married, except separated: 15,497 (74.14%)
Separated: 71 (0.34%)
Total Widowed: 781 (3.74%)
Widowed Female: 642 (3.07%)
Total Divorced: 1,093 (5.23%)
Divorced Female: 694 (3.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 153 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (28.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,396 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,818 (14.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,307 (100%)
--With a disability: 266 (3.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,354 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,173 (7.64%)
----Percent employed: 69%
--No disability: 14,181 (92.36%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,363 (100%)
--With a disability: 785 (23.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 26,072 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,606 (59.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,201 (39.13%)
--Same county: 5,117 (19.63%)
--Different county: 5,084 (19.5%)
----Same state: 413 (1.58%)
----Different state: 4,671 (17.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 265 (1.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,870 (100%)
Native: 26,877 (96.44%)
--Born in United States: 26,710 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,422 (23.04%)
----Different state: 20,288 (72.8%)
--Born outside United States: 167 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 993 (3.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 280 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 713 (2.56%)
--Not a citizen: 280 (1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 993 (100%)
Europe: 352 (35.45%)
Asia: 454 (45.72%)
Africa: 35 (3.52%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 52 (5.24%)
Northern America: 100 (10.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 26,072 (100%)
English only: 24,625 (94.45%)
Language other than English: 1,447 (5.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 447 (1.71%)
--Spanish: 399 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 102 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 603 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 383 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 192 (0.74%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,870 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 33,114% (118.82%)
Arab: 187 (0.67%)
Czech: 335 (1.2%)
Danish: 394 (1.41%)
Dutch: 590 (2.12%)
English: 5,030 (18.05%)
French (except Basque): 889 (3.19%)
French Canadian: 84 (0.3%)
German: 8,138 (29.2%)
Greek: 100 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 133 (0.48%)
Irish: 5,255 (18.86%)
Italian: 1,344 (4.82%)
Lithuanian: 92 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 564 (2.02%)
Polish: 782 (2.81%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.04%)
Russian: 748 (2.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 809 (2.9%)
Scottish: 856 (3.07%)
Slovak: 112 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.03%)
Swedish: 858 (3.08%)
Swiss: 271 (0.97%)
Ukrainian: 66 (0.24%)
United States or American: 1,310 (4.7%)
Welsh: 312 (1.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 3,819 (13.7%)

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