Ford County, KS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Ford county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school8,955100.0
Nursery school, preschool6327.1
Kindergarten5786.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,46049.8
High school (grades 9-12)2,00022.3
College or graduate school1,28514.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over18,632100.0
Less than 9th grade3,12016.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,49413.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)4,30523.1
Some college, no degree4,48524.1
Associate degree1,1666.3
Bachelor's degree2,01610.8
Graduate or professional degree1,0465.6
Percent high school graduate or higher69.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher16.4(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over23,964100.0
Never married6,39626.7
Now married, except separated13,98258.3
Separated4041.7
Widowed1,3965.8
Female
1,0754.5
Divorced1,7867.5
Female
1,0374.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years507100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren21141.6
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over22,409100.0
Civilian veterans2,1399.5
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years8,599100.0
With a disability5906.9
Population 21 to 64 years17,162100.0
With a disability3,39419.8
Percent employed
66.4(X)
No disability13,76880.2
Percent employed
80.0(X)
Population 65 years and over3,132100.0
With a disability1,41545.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over29,441100.0
Same house in 199514,59749.6
Different house in the U.S. in 199512,66143.0
Same county
7,89926.8
Different county
4,76216.2
Same state
2,2757.7
Different state
2,4878.4
Elsewhere in 19952,1837.4
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population32,458100.0
Native25,14177.5
Born in United States
25,04077.1
State of residence
18,42056.8
Different state
6,62020.4
Born outside United States
1010.3
Foreign born7,31722.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4,67914.4
Naturalized citizen
1,3724.2
Not a citizen
5,94518.3
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)7,317100.0
Europe240.3
Asia5918.1
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America6,68691.4
Northern America160.2
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over29,441100.0
English only19,09964.9
Language other than English10,34235.1
Speak English less than 'very well
6,04120.5
Spanish
9,41732.0
Speak English less than "very well"
5,48618.6
Other Indo-European languages
1860.6
Speak English less than "very well"
990.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
7232.5
Speak English less than "very well"
4491.5
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population32,458100.0

Total ancestries reported

31,13395.9
Arab600.2
Czech11120.3
Danish1270.4
Dutch5081.6
English1,9115.9
French (except Basque)15891.8
French Canadian1640.2
German7,14822.0
Greek80.0
Hungarian300.1
Irish12,0796.4
Italian2570.8
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian2170.7
Polish890.3
Portuguese240.1
Russian1640.5
Scotch-Irish5201.6
Scottish3040.9
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African220.1
Swedish2930.9
Swiss840.3
Ukrainian160.0
United States or American2,6578.2
Welsh1550.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)10.0
Other ancestries13,69442.2
(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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