Greenwood County, KS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greenwood county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,640	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	54	3.3
Kindergarten	127	7.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	792	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	499	30.4
College or graduate school	168	10.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	5,343	100.0
Less than 9th grade	344	6.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	676	12.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,064	38.6
Some college, no degree	1,251	23.4
Associate degree	234	4.4
Bachelor's degree	541	10.1
Graduate or professional degree	233	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	6,229	100.0
Never married	1,070	17.2
Now married, except separated	3,873	62.2
Separated	66	1.1
Widowed	581	9.3
Female	515	8.3
Divorced	639	10.3
Female	325	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	83	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	56	67.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	5,843	100.0
Civilian veterans	955	16.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,607	100.0
With a disability	174	10.8

Population 21 to 64 years	3,827	100.0
With a disability	882	23.0
Percent employed	51.5	(X)
No disability	2,945	77.0
Percent employed	84.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,621	100.0
With a disability	769	47.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	7,220	100.0
Same house in 1995	4,138	57.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,045	42.2
Same county	1,480	20.5
Different county	1,565	21.7
Same state	1,067	14.8
Different state	498	6.9
Elsewhere in 1995	37	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	7,673	100.0
Native	7,593	99.0
Born in United States	7,561	98.5
State of residence	6,042	78.7
Different state	1,519	19.8
Born outside United States	32	0.4
Foreign born	80	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	51	0.7
Naturalized citizen	31	0.4
Not a citizen	49	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	80	100.0
Europe	13	16.3
Asia	31	38.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	34	42.5
Northern America	2	2.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	7,220	100.0
English only	7,030	97.4
Language other than English	190	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	70	1.0
Spanish	137	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	52	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	45	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	8	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	7,673	100.0
Total ancestries reported	6,846	89.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	23	0.3
Danish	34	0.4
Dutch	205	2.7
English	843	11.0
French (except Basque)¹	297	3.9
French Canadian¹	19	0.2
German	1,526	19.9
Greek	3	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	898	11.7
Italian	81	1.1
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	243	3.2
Polish	45	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	13	0.2
Scotch-Irish	146	1.9
Scottish	148	1.9
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	111	1.4
Swiss	82	1.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,092	14.2
Welsh	83	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	950	12.4

(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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