Douglas County, KS Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Douglas county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	42,645	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,942	4.6
Kindergarten	1,011	2.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,424	22.1
High school (grades 9-12)	4,628	10.9
College or graduate school	25,640	60.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	53,257	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,198	2.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,871	5.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,859	22.3
Some college, no degree	12,029	22.6
Associate degree	2,568	4.8
Bachelor's degree	13,007	24.4
Graduate or professional degree	9,725	18.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	92.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	42.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	83,005	100.0
Never married	35,869	43.2
Now married, except separated	36,825	44.4
Separated	605	0.7
Widowed	2,846	3.4
Female	2,349	2.8
Divorced	6,860	8.3
Female	4,129	5.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	672	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	319	47.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	79,446	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,917	8.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	26,868	100.0
With a disability	1,892	7.0

Population 21 to 64 years	59,360	100.0
With a disability	7,331	12.4
Percent employed	63.6	(X)
No disability	52,029	87.6
Percent employed	81.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,500	100.0
With a disability	3,019	40.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	94,411	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,939	37.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	56,595	59.9
Same county	21,855	23.1
Different county	34,740	36.8
Same state	19,760	20.9
Different state	14,980	15.9
Elsewhere in 1995	2,877	3.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	99,962	100.0
Native	94,794	94.8
Born in United States	93,759	93.8
State of residence	52,992	53.0
Different state	40,767	40.8
Born outside United States	1,035	1.0
Foreign born	5,168	5.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	3,194	3.2
Naturalized citizen	1,452	1.5
Not a citizen	3,716	3.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	5,168	100.0
Europe	943	18.2
Asia	2,913	56.4
Africa	328	6.3
Oceania	57	1.1
Latin America	740	14.3
Northern America	187	3.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	94,411	100.0
English only	86,424	91.5
Language other than English	7,987	8.5
Speak English less than 'very well	2,606	2.8
Spanish	2,436	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	717	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	2,333	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	422	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	2,357	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	1,180	1.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	99,962	100.0
Total ancestries reported	107,424	107.5
Arab	369	0.4
Czech¹	896	0.9
Danish	607	0.6
Dutch	2,075	2.1
English	13,176	13.2
French (except Basque)¹	3,645	3.6
French Canadian¹	442	0.4
German	27,116	27.1
Greek	375	0.4
Hungarian	293	0.3
Irish¹	13,075	13.1
Italian	2,641	2.6
Lithuanian	172	0.2
Norwegian	1,501	1.5
Polish	1,797	1.8
Portuguese	103	0.1
Russian	802	0.8
Scotch-Irish	2,185	2.2
Scottish	2,894	2.9
Slovak	49	0.0
Subsaharan African	563	0.6
Swedish	2,565	2.6
Swiss	552	0.6
Ukrainian	93	0.1
United States or American	6,532	6.5
Welsh	1,187	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	128	0.1
Other ancestries	21,591	21.6

(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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