Neosho County, KS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Neosho county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,518	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	327	7.2
Kindergarten	225	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,017	44.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,198	26.5
College or graduate school	751	16.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,113	100.0
Less than 9th grade	634	5.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,205	10.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,906	35.1
Some college, no degree	2,803	25.2
Associate degree	897	8.1
Bachelor's degree	1,102	9.9
Graduate or professional degree	566	5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,473	100.0
Never married	2,613	19.4
Now married, except separated	8,434	62.6
Separated	117	0.9
Widowed	1,126	8.4
Female	944	7.0
Divorced	1,183	8.8
Female	618	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	156	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	108	69.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,642	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,686	13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,128	100.0
With a disability	423	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	8,819	100.0
With a disability	1,867	21.2
Percent employed	58.8	(X)
No disability	6,952	78.8
Percent employed	81.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,663	100.0
With a disability	1,144	43.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,964	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,594	60.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,318	39.6
Same county	3,459	21.7
Different county	2,859	17.9
Same state	1,927	12.1
Different state	932	5.8
Elsewhere in 1995	52	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,997	100.0
Native	16,883	99.3
Born in United States	16,810	98.9
State of residence	12,938	76.1
Different state	3,872	22.8
Born outside United States	73	0.4
Foreign born	114	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	46	0.3
Naturalized citizen	58	0.3
Not a citizen	56	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	114	100.0
Europe	47	41.2
Asia	41	36.0
Africa	5	4.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	19	16.7
Northern America	2	1.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,964	100.0
English only	15,486	97.0
Language other than English	478	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	141	0.9
Spanish	365	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	81	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	73	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	25	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	35	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	35	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,997	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,738	86.7
Arab	13	0.1
Czech¹	43	0.3
Danish	57	0.3
Dutch	570	3.4
English	1,644	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	380	2.2
French Canadian¹	43	0.3
German	4,155	24.4
Greek	35	0.2
Hungarian	5	0.0
Irish¹	1,938	11.4
Italian	170	1.0
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	57	0.3
Polish	94	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	40	0.2
Scotch-Irish	332	2.0
Scottish	213	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	38	0.2
Swedish	458	2.7
Swiss	72	0.4
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,994	11.7
Welsh	120	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	2,259	13.3

(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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