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Language Spoken At Home in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 25,639 | 100% |
English only | 22,384 | 87.3% |
Language other than English | 3,255 | 12.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,404 | 5.5% |
Spanish | 2,985 | 11.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,341 | 5.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 235 | 0.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 37 | 0.1% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 26 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 26 | 0.1% |
Other languages | 9 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 27,556 | 100% |
American | 1,481 | 5.4% |
Arab | 67 | 0.2% |
Czech | 421 | 1.5% |
Danish | 125 | 0.5% |
Dutch | 556 | 2.0% |
English | 2,854 | 10.4% |
French (except Basque) | 669 | 2.4% |
French Canadian | 125 | 0.5% |
German | 12,201 | 44.3% |
Greek | 0 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 14 | 0.1% |
Irish | 3,227 | 11.7% |
Italian | 348 | 1.3% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 135 | 0.5% |
Polish | 239 | 0.9% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 431 | 1.6% |
Scotch-Irish | 302 | 1.1% |
Scottish | 225 | 0.8% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 52 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 598 | 2.2% |
Swiss | 69 | 0.3% |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 51 | 0.2% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 0 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 11,310 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 7,323 | 64.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 3,106 | 27.5% |
Married-couple family | 5,929 | 52.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,243 | 19.8% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 405 | 3.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 205 | 1.8% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 989 | 8.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 658 | 5.8% |
Nonfamily households | 3,987 | 35.3% |
Householder living alone | 3,445 | 30.5% |
65 years and over | 1,505 | 13.3% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 3,418 | 30.2% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 3,332 | 29.5% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 27,043 | 100% |
Householder | 11,310 | 41.8% |
Spouse | 5,928 | 21.9% |
Child | 7,788 | 28.8% |
Other relatives | 821 | 3.0% |
Nonrelatives | 1,196 | 4.4% |
Unmarried partner | 616 | 2.3% |
Marital Status in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 10,731 | 100% |
Never married | 2,789 | 26.0% |
Now married, except separated | 6,153 | 57.3% |
Separated | 230 | 2.1% |
Widowed | 378 | 3.5% |
Divorced | 1,181 | 11.0% |
Females 15 years and over | 11,236 | 100% |
Never married | 2,226 | 19.8% |
Now married, except separated | 6,181 | 55.0% |
Separated | 142 | 1.3% |
Widowed | 1,372 | 12.2% |
Divorced | 1,315 | 11.7% |
Fertility in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 440 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 204 | 46.4% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 75 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 74 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 4 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 162 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 18 | 0% |
Grandparents in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 510 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 221 | 43.3% |
Less than 1 year | 27 | 5.3% |
1 or 2 years | 67 | 13.1% |
3 or 4 years | 32 | 6.3% |
5 or more years | 95 | 18.6% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 221 | 100% |
Who are female | 129 | 58.4% |
Who are married | 168 | 76.0% |
School Enrollment in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 6,712 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 507 | 7.6% |
Kindergarten | 377 | 5.6% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 2,863 | 42.7% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,779 | 26.5% |
College or graduate school | 1,186 | 17.7% |
Educational Attainment in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 18,389 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 1,172 | 6.4% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 1,513 | 8.2% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 5,683 | 30.9% |
Some college, no degree | 4,994 | 27.2% |
Associate's degree | 1,645 | 8.9% |
Bachelor's degree | 2,396 | 13.0% |
Graduate or professional degree | 986 | 5.4% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 85.4% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 18.4% |
Veteran Status in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 20,802 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,974 | 9.5% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 27,214 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,899 | 14.3% |
Under 18 years | 6,744 | 100% |
With a disability | 146 | 2.2% |
18 to 64 years | 15,997 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,005 | 12.5% |
65 years and over | 4,473 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,748 | 39.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 27,241 | 100% |
Same house | 23,252 | 85.4% |
Different house in the U.S. | 3,895 | 14.3% |
Same county | 2,467 | 9.1% |
Different county | 1,428 | 5.2% |
Same state | 836 | 3.1% |
Different state | 592 | 2.2% |
Abroad | 94 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 27,556 | 100% |
Native | 25,723 | 93.3% |
Born in United States | 25,630 | 93.0% |
State of residence | 19,948 | 72.4% |
Different state | 5,682 | 20.6% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 93 | 0.3% |
Foreign born | 1,833 | 6.7% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,833 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 332 | 18.1% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,501 | 81.9% |
Year of Entry in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 1,926 | 100% |
Native | 93 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 93 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 1,833 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,833 | 100.0% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Great Bend
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,833 | 100% |
Europe | 80 | 4.4% |
Asia | 36 | 2.0% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 6 | 0.3% |
Latin America | 1,685 | 91.9% |
Northern America | 26 | 1.4% |