Cherokee County, KS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cherokee county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,494	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	253	4.6
Kindergarten	388	7.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,783	50.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,289	23.5
College or graduate school	781	14.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,704	100.0
Less than 9th grade	977	6.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,913	13.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,717	38.9
Some college, no degree	3,557	24.2
Associate degree	880	6.0
Bachelor's degree	1,124	7.6
Graduate or professional degree	536	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,667	100.0
Never married	3,210	18.2
Now married, except separated	10,586	59.9
Separated	284	1.6
Widowed	1,561	8.8
Female	1,313	7.4
Divorced	2,026	11.5
Female	1,080	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	429	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	244	56.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,613	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,251	13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,344	100.0
With a disability	448	8.4

Population 21 to 64 years	12,219	100.0
With a disability	2,708	22.2
Percent employed	48.3	(X)
No disability	9,511	77.8
Percent employed	80.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,228	100.0
With a disability	1,596	49.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,058	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,303	58.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,675	41.2
Same county	4,961	23.6
Different county	3,714	17.6
Same state	1,205	5.7
Different state	2,509	11.9
Elsewhere in 1995	80	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,605	100.0
Native	22,417	99.2
Born in United States	22,336	98.8
State of residence	9,909	43.8
Different state	12,427	55.0
Born outside United States	81	0.4
Foreign born	188	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	74	0.3
Naturalized citizen	100	0.4
Not a citizen	88	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	188	100.0
Europe	74	39.4
Asia	31	16.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	32	17.0
Latin America	41	21.8
Northern America	10	5.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,058	100.0
English only	20,604	97.8
Language other than English	454	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	168	0.8
Spanish	251	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	109	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	100	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	93	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,605	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,528	86.4
Arab	37	0.2
Czech¹	22	0.1
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	686	3.0
English	2,312	10.2
French (except Basque)¹	780	3.5
French Canadian¹	84	0.4
German	3,495	15.5
Greek	11	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	2,469	10.9
Italian	622	2.8
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	63	0.3
Polish	200	0.9
Portuguese	27	0.1
Russian	51	0.2
Scotch-Irish	325	1.4
Scottish	334	1.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	323	1.4
Swiss	46	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,654	16.2
Welsh	161	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	14	0.1
Other ancestries	3,810	16.9

(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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