Language Spoken At Home in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 14,800 | 100% |
English only | 12,012 | 81.2% |
Language other than English | 2,788 | 18.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,304 | 8.8% |
Spanish | 2,659 | 18.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,285 | 8.7% |
Other Indo-European languages | 120 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 10 | 0.1% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 9 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 9 | 0.1% |
Other languages | 0 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 15,877 | 100% |
American | 864 | 5.4% |
Arab | 44 | 0.3% |
Czech | 270 | 1.7% |
Danish | 97 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 319 | 2.0% |
English | 1,484 | 9.3% |
French (except Basque) | 384 | 2.4% |
French Canadian | 98 | 0.6% |
German | 5,813 | 36.6% |
Greek | 0 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.0% |
Irish | 1,586 | 10.0% |
Italian | 191 | 1.2% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 58 | 0.4% |
Polish | 128 | 0.8% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 257 | 1.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 210 | 1.3% |
Scottish | 123 | 0.8% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 52 | 0.3% |
Swedish | 176 | 1.1% |
Swiss | 39 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 33 | 0.2% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 0 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 6,541 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 4,062 | 62.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,886 | 28.8% |
Married-couple family | 3,201 | 48.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,333 | 20.4% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 214 | 3.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 96 | 1.5% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 647 | 9.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 457 | 7.0% |
Nonfamily households | 2,479 | 37.9% |
Householder living alone | 2,163 | 33.1% |
65 years and over | 943 | 14.4% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 2,054 | 31.4% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 1,850 | 28.3% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 15,587 | 100% |
Householder | 6,541 | 42.0% |
Spouse | 3,210 | 20.6% |
Child | 4,595 | 29.5% |
Other relatives | 515 | 3.3% |
Nonrelatives | 726 | 4.7% |
Unmarried partner | 351 | 2.3% |
Marital Status in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 6,176 | 100% |
Never married | 1,651 | 26.7% |
Now married, except separated | 3,350 | 54.2% |
Separated | 193 | 3.1% |
Widowed | 245 | 4.0% |
Divorced | 737 | 11.9% |
Females 15 years and over | 6,485 | 100% |
Never married | 1,398 | 21.6% |
Now married, except separated | 3,380 | 52.1% |
Separated | 100 | 1.5% |
Widowed | 738 | 11.4% |
Divorced | 869 | 13.4% |
Fertility in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 238 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 151 | 63.4% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 90 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 65 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 3 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 142 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 12 | 0% |
Grandparents in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 259 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 168 | 64.9% |
Less than 1 year | 27 | 10.4% |
1 or 2 years | 33 | 12.7% |
3 or 4 years | 22 | 8.5% |
5 or more years | 86 | 33.2% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 168 | 100% |
Who are female | 99 | 58.9% |
Who are married | 125 | 74.4% |
School Enrollment in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 3,904 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 210 | 5.4% |
Kindergarten | 254 | 6.5% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,595 | 40.9% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,176 | 30.1% |
College or graduate school | 669 | 17.1% |
Educational Attainment in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 10,482 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 972 | 9.3% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 863 | 8.2% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 3,079 | 29.4% |
Some college, no degree | 2,713 | 25.9% |
Associate's degree | 916 | 8.7% |
Bachelor's degree | 1,369 | 13.1% |
Graduate or professional degree | 570 | 5.4% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 82.5% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 18.5% |
Veteran Status in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 11,852 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,069 | 9.0% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 15,647 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,275 | 14.5% |
Under 18 years | 4,020 | 100% |
With a disability | 90 | 2.2% |
18 to 64 years | 9,134 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,151 | 12.6% |
65 years and over | 2,493 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,034 | 41.5% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 15,717 | 100% |
Same house | 13,272 | 84.4% |
Different house in the U.S. | 2,363 | 15.0% |
Same county | 1,444 | 9.2% |
Different county | 919 | 5.8% |
Same state | 547 | 3.5% |
Different state | 372 | 2.4% |
Abroad | 82 | 0.5% |
Place Of Birth in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 15,877 | 100% |
Native | 14,206 | 89.5% |
Born in United States | 14,182 | 89.3% |
State of residence | 10,812 | 68.1% |
Different state | 3,370 | 21.2% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 24 | 0.2% |
Foreign born | 1,671 | 10.5% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,671 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 208 | 12.4% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,463 | 87.6% |
Year of Entry in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 1,695 | 100% |
Native | 24 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 24 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 1,671 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,671 | 100.0% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Great Bend City
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,671 | 100% |
Europe | 19 | 1.1% |
Asia | 9 | 0.5% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 1,623 | 97.1% |
Northern America | 20 | 1.2% |