Meade County, KS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Meade county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,272	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	99	7.8
Kindergarten	70	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	632	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	325	25.6
College or graduate school	146	11.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	2,946	100.0
Less than 9th grade	324	11.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	256	8.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	840	28.5
Some college, no degree	779	26.4
Associate degree	169	5.7
Bachelor's degree	396	13.4
Graduate or professional degree	182	6.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	3,485	100.0
Never married	601	17.2
Now married, except separated	2,356	67.6
Separated	32	0.9
Widowed	296	8.5
Female	248	7.1
Divorced	200	5.7
Female	89	2.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	55	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	36	65.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	3,251	100.0
Civilian veterans	394	12.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,155	100.0
With a disability	73	6.3

Population 21 to 64 years	2,238	100.0
With a disability	340	15.2
Percent employed	59.4	(X)
No disability	1,898	84.8
Percent employed	80.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	748	100.0
With a disability	254	34.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	4,260	100.0
Same house in 1995	2,470	58.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	1,677	39.4
Same county	647	15.2
Different county	1,030	24.2
Same state	587	13.8
Different state	443	10.4
Elsewhere in 1995	113	2.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	4,631	100.0
Native	4,220	91.1
Born in United States	4,188	90.4
State of residence	3,009	65.0
Different state	1,179	25.5
Born outside United States	32	0.7
Foreign born	411	8.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	255	5.5
Naturalized citizen	92	2.0
Not a citizen	319	6.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	411	100.0
Europe	15	3.6
Asia	9	2.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	366	89.1
Northern America	21	5.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	4,260	100.0
English only	3,645	85.6
Language other than English	615	14.4
Speak English less than 'very well	253	5.9
Spanish	406	9.5
Speak English less than "very well"	167	3.9
Other Indo-European languages	198	4.6
Speak English less than "very well"	83	1.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	3	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	4,631	100.0
Total ancestries reported	4,413	95.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	32	0.7
Danish	17	0.4
Dutch	171	3.7
English	516	11.1
French (except Basque)¹	104	2.2
French Canadian¹	3	0.1
German	1,361	29.4
Greek	2	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	419	9.0
Italian	27	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	9	0.2
Polish	26	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	77	1.7
Scotch-Irish	78	1.7
Scottish	86	1.9
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	8	0.2
Swedish	64	1.4
Swiss	4	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	472	10.2
Welsh	38	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	897	19.4

(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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