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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Wichita city, Kansas |
| NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table. |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Number |
Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
95,334 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
6,870 |
7.2 |
Kindergarten |
5,230 |
5.5 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
41,919 |
44.0 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
19,289 |
20.2 |
College or graduate school |
22,026 |
23.1 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
216,488 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
11,586 |
5.4 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
23,512 |
10.9 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
61,846 |
28.6 |
Some college, no degree |
54,135 |
25.0 |
Associate degree |
10,717 |
5.0 |
Bachelor's degree |
37,144 |
17.2 |
Graduate or professional degree |
17,548 |
8.1 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
83.8 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
25.3 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
265,226 |
100.0 |
Never married |
67,711 |
25.5 |
Now married, except separated |
142,187 |
53.6 |
Separated |
4,512 |
1.7 |
Widowed |
16,881 |
6.4 |
Female |
13,896 |
5.2 |
Divorced |
33,935 |
12.8 |
Female |
18,819 |
7.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
5,949 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
3,303 |
55.5 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
249,805 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
34,255 |
13.7 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
79,650 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
6,347 |
8.0 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
193,286 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
36,792 |
19.0 |
Percent employed |
61.1 |
(X) |
No disability |
156,494 |
81.0 |
Percent employed |
80.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
39,495 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
16,374 |
41.5 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
316,917 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
150,077 |
47.4 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
157,630 |
49.7 |
Same county |
106,020 |
33.5 |
Different county |
51,610 |
16.3 |
Same state |
18,935 |
6.0 |
Different state |
32,675 |
10.3 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
9,210 |
2.9 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
343,997 |
100.0 |
Native |
316,059 |
91.9 |
Born in United States |
313,071 |
91.0 |
State of residence |
206,182 |
59.9 |
Different state |
106,889 |
31.1 |
Born outside United States |
2,988 |
0.9 |
Foreign born |
27,938 |
8.1 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
15,440 |
4.5 |
Naturalized citizen |
10,068 |
2.9 |
Not a citizen |
17,870 |
5.2 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
27,938 |
100.0 |
Europe |
2,004 |
7.2 |
Asia |
10,826 |
38.8 |
Africa |
946 |
3.4 |
Oceania |
174 |
0.6 |
Latin America |
13,401 |
48.0 |
Northern America |
587 |
2.1 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
316,917 |
100.0 |
English only |
276,098 |
87.1 |
Language other than English |
40,819 |
12.9 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
19,977 |
6.3 |
Spanish |
24,147 |
7.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
12,084 |
3.8 |
Other Indo-European languages |
4,840 |
1.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,263 |
0.4 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
9,948 |
3.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
5,955 |
1.9 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
343,997 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
339,316 |
98.6 |
Arab |
2,228 |
0.6 |
Czech1 |
2,221 |
0.6 |
Danish |
1,630 |
0.5 |
Dutch |
6,570 |
1.9 |
English |
33,544 |
9.8 |
French (except Basque)1 |
9,523 |
2.8 |
French Canadian1 |
1,411 |
0.4 |
German |
71,197 |
20.7 |
Greek |
678 |
0.2 |
Hungarian |
489 |
0.1 |
Irish1 |
33,779 |
9.8 |
Italian |
5,946 |
1.7 |
Lithuanian |
252 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
3,125 |
0.9 |
Polish |
3,758 |
1.1 |
Portuguese |
285 |
0.1 |
Russian |
1,483 |
0.4 |
Scotch-Irish |
6,185 |
1.8 |
Scottish |
5,896 |
1.7 |
Slovak |
140 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
2,344 |
0.7 |
Swedish |
5,661 |
1.6 |
Swiss |
1,174 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian |
322 |
0.1 |
United States or American |
29,266 |
8.5 |
Welsh |
2,413 |
0.7 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
262 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
107,534 |
31.3 |
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Number |
Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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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