Dickinson County, KS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dickinson county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,917	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	291	5.9
Kindergarten	228	4.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,442	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,293	26.3
College or graduate school	663	13.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,156	100.0
Less than 9th grade	553	4.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,242	9.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,164	39.3
Some college, no degree	3,498	26.6
Associate degree	703	5.3
Bachelor's degree	1,420	10.8
Graduate or professional degree	576	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,353	100.0
Never married	2,709	17.6
Now married, except separated	9,568	62.3
Separated	105	0.7
Widowed	1,478	9.6
Female	1,192	7.8
Divorced	1,493	9.7
Female	807	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	221	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	118	53.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,212	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,505	17.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,461	100.0
With a disability	355	8.0

Population 21 to 64 years	10,032	100.0
With a disability	1,745	17.4
Percent employed	67.7	(X)
No disability	8,287	82.6
Percent employed	85.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,279	100.0
With a disability	1,406	42.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,244	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,095	60.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,034	38.6
Same county	3,609	19.8
Different county	3,425	18.8
Same state	2,175	11.9
Different state	1,250	6.9
Elsewhere in 1995	115	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,344	100.0
Native	19,023	98.3
Born in United States	18,746	96.9
State of residence	13,862	71.7
Different state	4,884	25.2
Born outside United States	277	1.4
Foreign born	321	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	101	0.5
Naturalized citizen	196	1.0
Not a citizen	125	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	321	100.0
Europe	175	54.5
Asia	47	14.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	2	0.6
Latin America	82	25.5
Northern America	15	4.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,244	100.0
English only	17,591	96.4
Language other than English	653	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	181	1.0
Spanish	300	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	120	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	281	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	54	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	55	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,344	100.0
Total ancestries reported	20,088	103.8
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	293	1.5
Danish	156	0.8
Dutch	765	4.0
English	2,078	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	670	3.5
French Canadian¹	202	1.0
German	6,495	33.6
Greek	19	0.1
Hungarian	23	0.1
Irish¹	2,467	12.8
Italian	336	1.7
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	268	1.4
Polish	289	1.5
Portuguese	12	0.1
Russian	175	0.9
Scotch-Irish	350	1.8
Scottish	440	2.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	759	3.9
Swiss	333	1.7
Ukrainian	7	0.0
United States or American	1,586	8.2
Welsh	115	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	2,238	11.6

(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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