U.S. Beacon February 16, 2025

Sterling, KS

Rice County, Kansas

Latitude: 38.210658     Longitude: -98.204549
Population 2,576 (2005)
Elevation of Sterling, Kansas: 1640 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2068200, place: Sterling city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,278 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (4.23%)
Kindergarten: 19 (1.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 270 (21.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 122 (9.55%)
College or graduate school: 813 (63.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,295 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 32 (2.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 130 (10.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 391 (30.19%)
Some college, no degree: 362 (27.95%)
Associate degree: 57 (4.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 207 (15.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 116 (8.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,270 (100%)
Never married: 747 (32.91%)
Now married, except separated: 1,237 (54.49%)
Separated: 12 (0.53%)
Total Widowed: 130 (5.73%)
Widowed Female: 121 (5.33%)
Total Divorced: 144 (6.34%)
Divorced Female: 89 (3.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,162 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 250 (11.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 810 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (3.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,412 (100%)
--With a disability: 170 (12.04%)
----Percent employed: 45.3%
--No disability: 1,242 (87.96%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 357 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (41.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,579 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,183 (45.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,391 (53.94%)
--Same county: 366 (14.19%)
--Different county: 1,025 (39.74%)
----Same state: 886 (34.35%)
----Different state: 139 (5.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,692 (100%)
Native: 2,686 (99.78%)
--Born in United States: 2,682 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,205 (81.91%)
----Different state: 477 (17.72%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 6 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,579 (100%)
English only: 2,530 (98.1%)
Language other than English: 49 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.35%)
--Spanish: 30 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,692 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,904% (70.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.56%)
Danish: 7 (0.26%)
Dutch: 31 (1.15%)
English: 223 (8.28%)
French (except Basque): 33 (1.23%)
French Canadian: 21 (0.78%)
German: 494 (18.35%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 163 (6.05%)
Italian: 30 (1.11%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.45%)
Polish: 7 (0.26%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 76 (2.82%)
Scottish: 67 (2.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 71 (2.64%)
Swiss: 4 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 435 (16.16%)
Welsh: 24 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 185 (6.87%)

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