Topeka, KS

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2071000, place: Topeka city, Kansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 29,719 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,304 (7.75%)
Kindergarten: 1,567 (5.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,912 (43.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,249 (21.03%)
College or graduate school: 6,687 (22.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 80,126 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,651 (4.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,627 (9.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 26,619 (33.22%)
Some college, no degree: 18,760 (23.41%)
Associate degree: 3,212 (4.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 13,217 (16.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,040 (8.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 97,266 (100%)
Never married: 25,998 (26.73%)
Now married, except separated: 47,773 (49.12%)
Separated: 1,193 (1.23%)
Total Widowed: 7,971 (8.2%)
Widowed Female: 6,494 (6.68%)
Total Divorced: 14,331 (14.73%)
Divorced Female: 8,539 (8.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,888 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 931 (49.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 92,218 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 14,591 (15.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 25,723 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,929 (11.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 67,163 (100%)
--With a disability: 14,671 (21.84%)
----Percent employed: 58.1%
--No disability: 52,492 (78.16%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 16,890 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,375 (43.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 113,352 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 57,318 (50.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 54,560 (48.13%)
--Same county: 36,596 (32.29%)
--Different county: 17,964 (15.85%)
----Same state: 9,369 (8.27%)
----Different state: 8,595 (7.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,474 (1.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 122,045 (100%)
Native: 118,028 (96.71%)
--Born in United States: 117,084 (100%)
----State of residence: 82,850 (67.88%)
----Different state: 34,234 (28.05%)
--Born outside United States: 944 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 4,017 (3.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,154 (1.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,426 (1.17%)
--Not a citizen: 2,591 (2.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,017 (100%)
Europe: 364 (9.06%)
Asia: 911 (22.68%)
Africa: 158 (3.93%)
Oceania: 39 (0.97%)
Latin America: 2,366 (58.9%)
Northern America: 179 (4.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 113,352 (100%)
English only: 105,449 (93.03%)
Language other than English: 7,903 (6.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,183 (2.81%)
--Spanish: 5,545 (4.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,446 (2.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,373 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 419 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 711 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 263 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 122,045 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 123,317% (101.04%)
Arab: 261 (0.21%)
Czech: 836 (0.68%)
Danish: 558 (0.46%)
Dutch: 2,365 (1.94%)
English: 13,494 (11.06%)
French (except Basque): 3,876 (3.18%)
French Canadian: 571 (0.47%)
German: 29,471 (24.15%)
Greek: 75 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 179 (0.15%)
Irish: 14,176 (11.62%)
Italian: 1,919 (1.57%)
Lithuanian: 71 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 1,331 (1.09%)
Polish: 1,135 (0.93%)
Portuguese: 49 (0.04%)
Russian: 523 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,684 (2.2%)
Scottish: 2,259 (1.85%)
Slovak: 28 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 834 (0.68%)
Swedish: 3,058 (2.51%)
Swiss: 657 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.04%)
United States or American: 8,493 (6.96%)
Welsh: 1,198 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 50 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 33,121 (27.14%)

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