Sumner County, KS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sumner county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,299	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	557	7.6
Kindergarten	359	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,565	48.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,821	24.9
College or graduate school	997	13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,662	100.0
Less than 9th grade	588	3.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,689	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,293	37.8
Some college, no degree	4,350	26.1
Associate degree	1,132	6.8
Bachelor's degree	1,819	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	791	4.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	19,957	100.0
Never married	3,742	18.8
Now married, except separated	12,704	63.7
Separated	164	0.8
Widowed	1,455	7.3
Female	1,245	6.2
Divorced	1,892	9.5
Female	981	4.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	403	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	222	55.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,546	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,653	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,618	100.0
With a disability	496	7.5

Population 21 to 64 years	13,501	100.0
With a disability	2,523	18.7
Percent employed	56.0	(X)
No disability	10,978	81.3
Percent employed	80.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,686	100.0
With a disability	1,466	39.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	24,200	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,562	60.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,551	39.5
Same county	4,469	18.5
Different county	5,082	21.0
Same state	3,492	14.4
Different state	1,590	6.6
Elsewhere in 1995	87	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,946	100.0
Native	25,728	99.2
Born in United States	25,661	98.9
State of residence	19,049	73.4
Different state	6,612	25.5
Born outside United States	67	0.3
Foreign born	218	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	50	0.2
Naturalized citizen	148	0.6
Not a citizen	70	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	218	100.0
Europe	62	28.4
Asia	28	12.8
Africa	2	0.9
Oceania	2	0.9
Latin America	113	51.8
Northern America	11	5.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	24,200	100.0
English only	23,380	96.6
Language other than English	820	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	272	1.1
Spanish	499	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	171	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	244	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	76	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	48	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	7	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,946	100.0
Total ancestries reported	23,676	91.3
Arab	4	0.0
Czech¹	434	1.7
Danish	77	0.3
Dutch	715	2.8
English	3,107	12.0
French (except Basque)¹	806	3.1
French Canadian¹	81	0.3
German	6,010	23.2
Greek	36	0.1
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	2,932	11.3
Italian	327	1.3
Lithuanian	1	0.0
Norwegian	216	0.8
Polish	155	0.6
Portuguese	16	0.1
Russian	58	0.2
Scotch-Irish	638	2.5
Scottish	390	1.5
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	7	0.0
Swedish	364	1.4
Swiss	67	0.3
Ukrainian	8	0.0
United States or American	3,556	13.7
Welsh	171	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	4	0.0
Other ancestries	3,490	13.5

(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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