Wallace County, KS Social Statistics
Updated September 25, 2021 |
Infoplease Staff
Wallace county kansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics
| Number | Percent |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 470 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 24 | 5.1 |
Kindergarten | 24 | 5.1 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 252 | 53.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 139 | 29.6 |
College or graduate school | 31 | 6.6 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 1,133 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 93 | 8.2 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 88 | 7.8 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 416 | 36.7 |
Some college, no degree | 297 | 26.2 |
Associate degree | 44 | 3.9 |
Bachelor's degree | 151 | 13.3 |
Graduate or professional degree | 44 | 3.9 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 84.0 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 17.2 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 1,359 | 100.0 |
Never married | 260 | 19.1 |
Now married, except separated | 911 | 67.0 |
Separated | 14 | 1.0 |
Widowed | 92 | 6.8 |
Female | 85 | 6.3 |
Divorced | 82 | 6.0 |
Female | 41 | 3.0 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 16 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 10 | 62.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 1,243 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 166 | 13.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 473 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 10 | 2.1 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 868 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 89 | 10.3 |
Percent employed | 65.2 | (X) |
No disability | 779 | 89.7 |
Percent employed | 84.6 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 291 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 117 | 40.2 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 1,657 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 1,133 | 68.4 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 509 | 30.7 |
Same county | 213 | 12.9 |
Different county | 296 | 17.9 |
Same state | 165 | 10.0 |
Different state | 131 | 7.9 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 15 | 0.9 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 1,749 | 100.0 |
Native | 1,710 | 97.8 |
Born in United States | 1,708 | 97.7 |
State of residence | 1,202 | 68.7 |
Different state | 506 | 28.9 |
Born outside United States | 2 | 0.1 |
Foreign born | 39 | 2.2 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 24 | 1.4 |
Naturalized citizen | 10 | 0.6 |
Not a citizen | 29 | 1.7 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 39 | 100.0 |
Europe | 4 | 10.3 |
Asia | 4 | 10.3 |
Africa | 0 | 0.0 |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0 |
Latin America | 31 | 79.5 |
Northern America | 0 | 0.0 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 1,657 | 100.0 |
English only | 1,573 | 94.9 |
Language other than English | 84 | 5.1 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 46 | 2.8 |
Spanish | 72 | 4.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 41 | 2.5 |
Other Indo-European languages | 10 | 0.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 5 | 0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 2 | 0.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 0 | 0.0 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 1,749 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 1,610 | 92.1 |
Arab | 0 | 0.0 |
Czech1 | 8 | 0.5 |
Danish | 11 | 0.6 |
Dutch | 20 | 1.1 |
English | 199 | 11.4 |
French (except Basque)1 | 48 | 2.7 |
French Canadian1 | 4 | 0.2 |
German | 531 | 30.4 |
Greek | 0 | 0.0 |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.0 |
Irish1 | 157 | 9.0 |
Italian | 7 | 0.4 |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0 |
Norwegian | 27 | 1.5 |
Polish | 32 | 1.8 |
Portuguese | 3 | 0.2 |
Russian | 7 | 0.4 |
Scotch-Irish | 39 | 2.2 |
Scottish | 17 | 1.0 |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0 |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.0 |
Swedish | 61 | 3.5 |
Swiss | 7 | 0.4 |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0 |
United States or American | 171 | 9.8 |
Welsh | 3 | 0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 0 | 0.0 |
Other ancestries | 258 | 14.8 |
(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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