Brown County, KS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Brown county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,732	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	223	8.2
Kindergarten	140	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,288	47.1
High school (grades 9-12)	732	26.8
College or graduate school	349	12.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	7,080	100.0
Less than 9th grade	398	5.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	693	9.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,768	39.1
Some college, no degree	1,441	20.4
Associate degree	432	6.1
Bachelor's degree	934	13.2
Graduate or professional degree	414	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	8,445	100.0
Never married	1,807	21.4
Now married, except separated	4,912	58.2
Separated	83	1.0
Widowed	755	8.9
Female	654	7.7
Divorced	888	10.5
Female	511	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	120	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	50	41.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	7,890	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,176	14.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,516	100.0
With a disability	250	9.9

Population 21 to 64 years	5,383	100.0
With a disability	1,251	23.2
Percent employed	62.2	(X)
No disability	4,132	76.8
Percent employed	84.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,945	100.0
With a disability	758	39.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	10,044	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,184	61.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,808	37.9
Same county	2,015	20.1
Different county	1,793	17.9
Same state	871	8.7
Different state	922	9.2
Elsewhere in 1995	52	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	10,724	100.0
Native	10,589	98.7
Born in United States	10,532	98.2
State of residence	7,493	69.9
Different state	3,039	28.3
Born outside United States	57	0.5
Foreign born	135	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	53	0.5
Naturalized citizen	76	0.7
Not a citizen	59	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	135	100.0
Europe	48	35.6
Asia	42	31.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	39	28.9
Northern America	6	4.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	10,044	100.0
English only	9,609	95.7
Language other than English	435	4.3
Speak English less than 'very well	119	1.2
Spanish	190	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	84	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	44	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	10,724	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,021	102.8
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	83	0.8
Danish	83	0.8
Dutch	351	3.3
English	1,145	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	264	2.5
French Canadian¹	29	0.3
German	3,545	33.1
Greek	10	0.1
Hungarian	12	0.1
Irish¹	1,263	11.8
Italian	100	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	384	3.6
Polish	44	0.4
Portuguese	5	0.0
Russian	16	0.1
Scotch-Irish	201	1.9
Scottish	115	1.1
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	2	0.0
Swedish	94	0.9
Swiss	309	2.9
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	607	5.7
Welsh	182	1.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,173	20.3

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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