Liberal, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2039825, place: Liberal city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,473 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 332 (6.07%)
Kindergarten: 562 (10.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,627 (48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,261 (23.04%)
College or graduate school: 691 (12.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,091 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,367 (21.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,709 (15.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,836 (25.57%)
Some college, no degree: 2,103 (18.96%)
Associate degree: 538 (4.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,034 (9.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 504 (4.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 63.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,392 (100%)
Never married: 3,565 (24.77%)
Now married, except separated: 8,489 (58.98%)
Separated: 322 (2.24%)
Total Widowed: 746 (5.18%)
Widowed Female: 607 (4.22%)
Total Divorced: 1,270 (8.82%)
Divorced Female: 753 (5.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 420 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 180 (42.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,443 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,190 (8.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,394 (100%)
--With a disability: 310 (5.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,675 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,802 (16.88%)
----Percent employed: 53.1%
--No disability: 8,873 (83.12%)
----Percent employed: 75.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,531 (100%)
--With a disability: 732 (47.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,840 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,545 (42.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,675 (48.63%)
--Same county: 4,526 (25.37%)
--Different county: 4,149 (23.26%)
----Same state: 1,334 (7.48%)
----Different state: 2,815 (15.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,620 (9.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,663 (100%)
Native: 14,149 (71.96%)
--Born in United States: 14,062 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,622 (38.76%)
----Different state: 6,440 (32.75%)
--Born outside United States: 87 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 5,514 (28.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,568 (18.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,142 (5.81%)
--Not a citizen: 4,372 (22.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,514 (100%)
Europe: 27 (0.49%)
Asia: 354 (6.42%)
Africa: 3 (0.05%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5,044 (91.48%)
Northern America: 86 (1.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,840 (100%)
English only: 10,335 (57.93%)
Language other than English: 7,505 (42.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,604 (25.81%)
--Spanish: 6,975 (39.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,330 (24.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 240 (1.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 286 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 218 (1.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,663 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,675% (94.98%)
Arab: 6 (0.03%)
Czech: 68 (0.35%)
Danish: 89 (0.45%)
Dutch: 182 (0.93%)
English: 1,000 (5.09%)
French (except Basque): 336 (1.71%)
French Canadian: 50 (0.25%)
German: 2,455 (12.49%)
Greek: 61 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.03%)
Irish: 1,584 (8.06%)
Italian: 150 (0.76%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 117 (0.6%)
Polish: 113 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 56 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 135 (0.69%)
Scottish: 141 (0.72%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.05%)
Swedish: 168 (0.85%)
Swiss: 19 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.03%)
United States or American: 1,042 (5.3%)
Welsh: 70 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 10,798 (54.92%)

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