Newton, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2050475, place: Newton city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,273 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 268 (6.27%)
Kindergarten: 185 (4.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,127 (49.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,095 (25.63%)
College or graduate school: 598 (13.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,245 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 643 (5.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,181 (10.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,461 (30.78%)
Some college, no degree: 2,930 (26.06%)
Associate degree: 606 (5.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,569 (13.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 855 (7.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,492 (100%)
Never married: 2,868 (21.26%)
Now married, except separated: 7,929 (58.77%)
Separated: 154 (1.14%)
Total Widowed: 956 (7.09%)
Widowed Female: 820 (6.08%)
Total Divorced: 1,585 (11.75%)
Divorced Female: 931 (6.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 224 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 117 (52.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,668 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,625 (12.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,839 (100%)
--With a disability: 282 (7.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,046 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,376 (15.21%)
----Percent employed: 65.1%
--No disability: 7,670 (84.79%)
----Percent employed: 85.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,562 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,193 (46.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,976 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,155 (51.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,510 (47.01%)
--Same county: 4,005 (25.07%)
--Different county: 3,505 (21.94%)
----Same state: 2,149 (13.45%)
----Different state: 1,356 (8.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 311 (1.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,212 (100%)
Native: 16,307 (94.74%)
--Born in United States: 16,190 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,011 (69.78%)
----Different state: 4,179 (24.28%)
--Born outside United States: 117 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 905 (5.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 498 (2.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 313 (1.82%)
--Not a citizen: 592 (3.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 905 (100%)
Europe: 103 (11.38%)
Asia: 106 (11.71%)
Africa: 6 (0.66%)
Oceania: 5 (0.55%)
Latin America: 642 (70.94%)
Northern America: 43 (4.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,976 (100%)
English only: 14,293 (89.47%)
Language other than English: 1,683 (10.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 622 (3.89%)
--Spanish: 1,297 (8.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 491 (3.07%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 261 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 119 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (0.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,212 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,637% (102.47%)
Arab: 27 (0.16%)
Czech: 154 (0.89%)
Danish: 184 (1.07%)
Dutch: 621 (3.61%)
English: 1,596 (9.27%)
French (except Basque): 542 (3.15%)
French Canadian: 101 (0.59%)
German: 5,460 (31.72%)
Greek: 48 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.03%)
Irish: 1,379 (8.01%)
Italian: 156 (0.91%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 201 (1.17%)
Polish: 163 (0.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 171 (0.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 398 (2.31%)
Scottish: 279 (1.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 68 (0.4%)
Swedish: 298 (1.73%)
Swiss: 153 (0.89%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.23%)
United States or American: 1,601 (9.3%)
Welsh: 109 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 3,854 (22.39%)

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