Salina, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2062700, place: Salina city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,898 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 942 (7.92%)
Kindergarten: 635 (5.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,280 (44.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,971 (24.97%)
College or graduate school: 2,070 (17.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 29,352 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,357 (4.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,709 (9.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,119 (34.47%)
Some college, no degree: 7,511 (25.59%)
Associate degree: 1,688 (5.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,110 (14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,858 (6.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 35,941 (100%)
Never married: 8,637 (24.03%)
Now married, except separated: 20,010 (55.67%)
Separated: 414 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 2,504 (6.97%)
Widowed Female: 2,140 (5.95%)
Total Divorced: 4,376 (12.18%)
Divorced Female: 2,543 (7.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 502 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 347 (69.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 33,796 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,017 (14.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,543 (100%)
--With a disability: 817 (7.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,140 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,468 (17.77%)
----Percent employed: 61.5%
--No disability: 20,672 (82.23%)
----Percent employed: 84.7%
Population 65 years and over: 5,992 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,432 (40.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 42,430 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,925 (49.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 21,016 (49.53%)
--Same county: 11,876 (27.99%)
--Different county: 9,140 (21.54%)
----Same state: 5,133 (12.1%)
----Different state: 4,007 (9.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 489 (1.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 45,634 (100%)
Native: 43,567 (95.47%)
--Born in United States: 43,221 (100%)
----State of residence: 31,744 (69.56%)
----Different state: 11,477 (25.15%)
--Born outside United States: 346 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 2,067 (4.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 975 (2.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 833 (1.83%)
--Not a citizen: 1,234 (2.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,067 (100%)
Europe: 157 (7.6%)
Asia: 639 (30.91%)
Africa: 4 (0.19%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,253 (60.62%)
Northern America: 14 (0.68%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 42,430 (100%)
English only: 39,148 (92.26%)
Language other than English: 3,282 (7.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,613 (3.8%)
--Spanish: 2,147 (5.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 998 (2.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 421 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 705 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 480 (1.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 45,634 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 46,929% (102.84%)
Arab: 48 (0.11%)
Czech: 567 (1.24%)
Danish: 294 (0.64%)
Dutch: 1,110 (2.43%)
English: 4,957 (10.86%)
French (except Basque): 1,803 (3.95%)
French Canadian: 353 (0.77%)
German: 12,995 (28.48%)
Greek: 82 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.04%)
Irish: 5,444 (11.93%)
Italian: 604 (1.32%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 426 (0.93%)
Polish: 480 (1.05%)
Portuguese: 24 (0.05%)
Russian: 237 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 885 (1.94%)
Scottish: 687 (1.51%)
Slovak: 13 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 53 (0.12%)
Swedish: 2,208 (4.84%)
Swiss: 255 (0.56%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.03%)
United States or American: 4,488 (9.83%)
Welsh: 209 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 28 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 8,636 (18.92%)

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