Dodge City, KS Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,952100.0
Nursery school, preschool5397.8
Kindergarten4806.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,44049.5
High school (grades 9-12)1,45120.9
College or graduate school1,04215.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over14,075100.0
Less than 9th grade2,47417.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma1,97114.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)3,07621.9
Some college, no degree3,31923.6
Associate degree8075.7
Bachelor's degree1,60211.4
Graduate or professional degree8265.9
Percent high school graduate or higher68.4(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher17.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over18,337100.0
Never married5,13328.0
Now married, except separated10,35856.5
Separated3331.8
Widowed1,0665.8
Female
8364.6
Divorced1,4477.9
Female
8784.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years394100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren17143.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over17,207100.0
Civilian veterans1,5479.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years6,665100.0
With a disability4016.0
Population 21 to 64 years13,410100.0
With a disability2,65519.8
Percent employed
66.1(X)
No disability10,75580.2
Percent employed
78.8(X)
Population 65 years and over2,281100.0
With a disability1,04645.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over22,630100.0
Same house in 199510,64847.1
Different house in the U.S. in 199510,11144.7
Same county
6,32828.0
Different county
3,78316.7
Same state
1,7657.8
Different state
2,0188.9
Elsewhere in 19951,8718.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population25,065100.0
Native18,73174.7
Born in United States
18,64174.4
State of residence
13,55054.1
Different state
5,09120.3
Born outside United States
900.4
Foreign born6,33425.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4,21116.8
Naturalized citizen
1,2635.0
Not a citizen
5,07120.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)6,334100.0
Europe150.2
Asia5418.5
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America5,76491.0
Northern America140.2
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over22,630100.0
English only13,80561.0
Language other than English8,82539.0
Speak English less than 'very well
5,12522.6
Spanish
8,03735.5
Speak English less than "very well"
4,64320.5
Other Indo-European languages
1080.5
Speak English less than "very well"
620.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
6642.9
Speak English less than "very well"
4131.8
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population25,065100.0

Total ancestries reported

24,17396.4
Arab510.2
Czech1940.4
Danish710.3
Dutch3601.4
English1,3785.5
French (except Basque)14631.8
French Canadian1400.2
German5,16520.6
Greek80.0
Hungarian300.1
Irish11,5196.1
Italian2100.8
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian1130.5
Polish530.2
Portuguese70.0
Russian1030.4
Scotch-Irish3781.5
Scottish2340.9
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African220.1
Swedish2370.9
Swiss560.2
Ukrainian160.1
United States or American1,8577.4
Welsh1300.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries11,57846.2
(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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