Howard County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Howard county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,353	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	178	5.3
Kindergarten	289	8.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,762	52.5
High school (grades 9-12)	796	23.7
College or graduate school	328	9.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,271	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,087	11.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,626	17.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,510	37.9
Some college, no degree	1,659	17.9
Associate degree	311	3.4
Bachelor's degree	750	8.1
Graduate or professional degree	328	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,108	100.0
Never married	2,351	21.2
Now married, except separated	6,492	58.4
Separated	195	1.8
Widowed	981	8.8
Female	828	7.5
Divorced	1,089	9.8
Female	564	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	304	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	119	39.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,456	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,251	12.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,376	100.0
With a disability	351	10.4

Population 21 to 64 years	7,670	100.0
With a disability	1,611	21.0
Percent employed	57.7	(X)
No disability	6,059	79.0
Percent employed	78.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,979	100.0
With a disability	1,057	53.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,319	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,707	57.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,341	40.1
Same county	3,104	23.3
Different county	2,237	16.8
Same state	1,404	10.5
Different state	833	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	271	2.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,300	100.0
Native	13,793	96.5
Born in United States	13,740	96.1
State of residence	9,829	68.7
Different state	3,911	27.3
Born outside United States	53	0.4
Foreign born	507	3.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	389	2.7
Naturalized citizen	63	0.4
Not a citizen	444	3.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	507	100.0
Europe	3	0.6
Asia	41	8.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	461	90.9
Northern America	2	0.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,319	100.0
English only	12,342	92.7
Language other than English	977	7.3
Speak English less than 'very well	546	4.1
Spanish	630	4.7
Speak English less than "very well"	457	3.4
Other Indo-European languages	290	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	62	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	46	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,300	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,218	71.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	37	0.3
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	197	1.4
English	760	5.3
French (except Basque)¹	80	0.6
French Canadian¹	21	0.1
German	884	6.2
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	9	0.1
Irish¹	891	6.2
Italian	130	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	29	0.2
Polish	67	0.5
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	182	1.3
Scottish	72	0.5
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	153	1.1
Swedish	17	0.1
Swiss	7	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,097	14.7
Welsh	23	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	56	0.4
Other ancestries	4,504	31.5

(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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