Thomas County, KS Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Thomas county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,545	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	178	7.0
Kindergarten	118	4.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,013	39.8
High school (grades 9-12)	491	19.3
College or graduate school	745	29.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	4,978	100.0
Less than 9th grade	112	2.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	250	5.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,506	30.3
Some college, no degree	1,408	28.3
Associate degree	456	9.2
Bachelor's degree	809	16.3
Graduate or professional degree	437	8.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	92.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	6,431	100.0
Never married	1,457	22.7
Now married, except separated	4,040	62.8
Separated	34	0.5
Widowed	422	6.6
Female	375	5.8
Divorced	478	7.4
Female	227	3.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	18	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	3	16.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	6,047	100.0
Civilian veterans	653	10.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,214	100.0
With a disability	145	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	4,178	100.0
With a disability	646	15.5
Percent employed	55.4	(X)
No disability	3,532	84.5
Percent employed	83.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,065	100.0
With a disability	459	43.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	7,624	100.0
Same house in 1995	4,546	59.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,027	39.7
Same county	1,329	17.4
Different county	1,698	22.3
Same state	1,218	16.0
Different state	480	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	51	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	8,180	100.0
Native	8,147	99.6
Born in United States	8,098	99.0
State of residence	6,080	74.3
Different state	2,018	24.7
Born outside United States	49	0.6
Foreign born	33	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	14	0.2
Naturalized citizen	21	0.3
Not a citizen	12	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	33	100.0
Europe	2	6.1
Asia	14	42.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	17	51.5
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	7,624	100.0
English only	7,355	96.5
Language other than English	269	3.5
Speak English less than 'very well	90	1.2
Spanish	146	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	59	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	107	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	16	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	8,180	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,426	90.8
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	126	1.5
Danish	51	0.6
Dutch	151	1.8
English	1,061	13.0
French (except Basque)¹	309	3.8
French Canadian¹	106	1.3
German	2,935	35.9
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	27	0.3
Irish¹	793	9.7
Italian	104	1.3
Lithuanian	9	0.1
Norwegian	135	1.7
Polish	71	0.9
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	38	0.5
Scotch-Irish	113	1.4
Scottish	129	1.6
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	139	1.7
Swiss	32	0.4
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	545	6.7
Welsh	38	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	510	6.2

(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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