Atchison County, KS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Atchison county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,863	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	256	5.3
Kindergarten	202	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,115	43.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,232	25.3
College or graduate school	1,058	21.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,375	100.0
Less than 9th grade	525	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,065	10.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,309	41.5
Some college, no degree	2,156	20.8
Associate degree	453	4.4
Bachelor's degree	1,113	10.7
Graduate or professional degree	754	7.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,250	100.0
Never married	3,505	26.5
Now married, except separated	7,269	54.9
Separated	101	0.8
Widowed	971	7.3
Female	767	5.8
Divorced	1,404	10.6
Female	815	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	139	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	84	60.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,296	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,670	13.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,185	100.0
With a disability	347	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	8,598	100.0
With a disability	1,390	16.2
Percent employed	58.3	(X)
No disability	7,208	83.8
Percent employed	81.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,583	100.0
With a disability	981	38.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,715	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,310	59.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,348	40.4
Same county	3,296	21.0
Different county	3,052	19.4
Same state	1,334	8.5
Different state	1,718	10.9
Elsewhere in 1995	57	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,774	100.0
Native	16,662	99.3
Born in United States	16,570	98.8
State of residence	11,760	70.1
Different state	4,810	28.7
Born outside United States	92	0.5
Foreign born	112	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	40	0.2
Naturalized citizen	62	0.4
Not a citizen	50	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	112	100.0
Europe	16	14.3
Asia	35	31.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	28	25.0
Northern America	33	29.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,715	100.0
English only	15,338	97.6
Language other than English	377	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	148	0.9
Spanish	267	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	112	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	65	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	15	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,774	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,240	96.8
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	111	0.7
Danish	65	0.4
Dutch	515	3.1
English	1,408	8.4
French (except Basque)¹	439	2.6
French Canadian¹	54	0.3
German	4,982	29.7
Greek	8	0.0
Hungarian	17	0.1
Irish¹	2,442	14.6
Italian	355	2.1
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	236	1.4
Polish	139	0.8
Portuguese	24	0.1
Russian	53	0.3
Scotch-Irish	301	1.8
Scottish	211	1.3
Slovak	10	0.1
Subsaharan African	82	0.5
Swedish	145	0.9
Swiss	73	0.4
Ukrainian	16	0.1
United States or American	1,652	9.8
Welsh	173	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	18	0.1
Other ancestries	2,706	16.1

(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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