Language Spoken At Home in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 27,473 | 100% |
English only | 26,118 | 95.1% |
Language other than English | 1,355 | 4.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 372 | 1.4% |
Spanish | 604 | 2.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 184 | 0.7% |
Other Indo-European languages | 562 | 2.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 73 | 0.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 188 | 0.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 114 | 0.4% |
Other languages | 1 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 1 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 29,208 | 100% |
American | 2,887 | 9.9% |
Arab | 12 | 0.0% |
Czech | 392 | 1.3% |
Danish | 243 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 1,153 | 3.9% |
English | 2,331 | 8.0% |
French (except Basque) | 751 | 2.6% |
French Canadian | 93 | 0.3% |
German | 11,923 | 40.8% |
Greek | 23 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 11 | 0.0% |
Irish | 2,763 | 9.5% |
Italian | 320 | 1.1% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 282 | 1.0% |
Polish | 373 | 1.3% |
Portuguese | 93 | 0.3% |
Russian | 547 | 1.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 601 | 2.1% |
Scottish | 385 | 1.3% |
Slovak | 8 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 1 | 0.0% |
Swedish | 2,869 | 9.8% |
Swiss | 144 | 0.5% |
Ukrainian | 176 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 259 | 0.9% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 0 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 11,528 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 8,078 | 70.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 3,355 | 29.1% |
Married-couple family | 6,994 | 60.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,658 | 23.1% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 355 | 3.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 193 | 1.7% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 729 | 6.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 504 | 4.4% |
Nonfamily households | 3,450 | 29.9% |
Householder living alone | 3,054 | 26.5% |
65 years and over | 1,432 | 12.4% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 3,554 | 30.8% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 3,355 | 29.1% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 27,793 | 100% |
Householder | 11,528 | 41.5% |
Spouse | 6,990 | 25.2% |
Child | 7,752 | 27.9% |
Other relatives | 645 | 2.3% |
Nonrelatives | 878 | 3.2% |
Unmarried partner | 464 | 1.7% |
Marital Status in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 11,501 | 100% |
Never married | 2,931 | 25.5% |
Now married, except separated | 7,277 | 63.3% |
Separated | 109 | 0.9% |
Widowed | 234 | 2.0% |
Divorced | 950 | 8.3% |
Females 15 years and over | 12,041 | 100% |
Never married | 2,181 | 18.1% |
Now married, except separated | 7,189 | 59.7% |
Separated | 83 | 0.7% |
Widowed | 1,418 | 11.8% |
Divorced | 1,170 | 9.7% |
Fertility in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 306 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 154 | 50.3% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 60 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 49 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 23 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 105 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 12 | 0% |
Grandparents in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 313 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 46 | 14.7% |
Less than 1 year | 20 | 6.4% |
1 or 2 years | 16 | 5.1% |
3 or 4 years | 0 | 0.0% |
5 or more years | 10 | 3.2% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 46 | 100% |
Who are female | 28 | 60.9% |
Who are married | 25 | 54.3% |
School Enrollment in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 7,321 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 401 | 5.5% |
Kindergarten | 370 | 5.1% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 3,117 | 42.6% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,457 | 19.9% |
College or graduate school | 1,976 | 27.0% |
Educational Attainment in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 19,839 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 1,231 | 6.2% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 1,189 | 6.0% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 6,009 | 30.3% |
Some college, no degree | 5,159 | 26.0% |
Associate's degree | 1,361 | 6.9% |
Bachelor's degree | 3,328 | 16.8% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,562 | 7.9% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 87.8% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 24.6% |
Veteran Status in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 22,371 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,895 | 8.5% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 28,599 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,267 | 11.4% |
Under 18 years | 6,824 | 100% |
With a disability | 391 | 5.7% |
18 to 64 years | 16,956 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,474 | 8.7% |
65 years and over | 4,819 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,402 | 29.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 28,898 | 100% |
Same house | 24,853 | 86.0% |
Different house in the U.S. | 3,963 | 13.7% |
Same county | 2,508 | 8.7% |
Different county | 1,455 | 5.0% |
Same state | 749 | 2.6% |
Different state | 706 | 2.4% |
Abroad | 82 | 0.3% |
Place Of Birth in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 29,208 | 100% |
Native | 28,689 | 98.2% |
Born in United States | 28,502 | 97.6% |
State of residence | 20,760 | 71.1% |
Different state | 7,742 | 26.5% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 187 | 0.6% |
Foreign born | 519 | 1.8% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 519 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 173 | 33.3% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 346 | 66.7% |
Year of Entry in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 706 | 100% |
Native | 187 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 7 | 3.7% |
Entered before 2010 | 180 | 96.3% |
Foreign born | 519 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 43 | 8.3% |
Entered before 2010 | 476 | 91.7% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Mcpherson County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 519 | 100% |
Europe | 77 | 14.8% |
Asia | 219 | 42.2% |
Africa | 1 | 0.2% |
Oceania | 10 | 1.9% |
Latin America | 167 | 32.2% |
Northern America | 45 | 8.7% |