Social Statistics

Joplin, Missouri

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,188	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	645	5.8
Kindergarten	629	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,688	41.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,893	16.9
College or graduate school	3,333	29.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,922	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,488	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,864	13.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,001	31.1
Some college, no degree	7,198	24.9
Associate degree	1,397	4.8
Bachelor's degree	3,917	13.5
Graduate or professional degree	2,057	7.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,516	100.0
Never married	8,532	23.4
Now married, except separated	19,345	53.0
Separated	1,046	2.9
Widowed	2,863	7.8
Female	2,370	6.5
Divorced	4,730	13.0
Female	2,733	7.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	627	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	367	58.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	34,946	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,794	13.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,768	100.0
With a disability	826	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	25,265	100.0
With a disability	5,141	20.3
Percent employed	54.6	(X)
No disability	20,124	79.7
Percent employed	78.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,595	100.0
With a disability	2,843	43.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	42,370	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,435	43.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,555	55.6
Same county	11,435	27.0
Different county	12,120	28.6
Same state	5,097	12.0
Different state	7,023	16.6
Elsewhere in 1995	380	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	45,566	100.0
Native	44,683	98.1
Born in United States	44,375	97.4
State of residence	25,788	56.6
Different state	18,587	40.8
Born outside United States	308	0.7
Foreign born	883	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	437	1.0
Naturalized citizen	363	0.8
Not a citizen	520	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	883	100.0
Europe	183	20.7
Asia	324	36.7
Africa	10	1.1
Oceania	5	0.6
Latin America	337	38.2
Northern America	24	2.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	42,370	100.0
English only	40,218	94.9
Language other than English	2,152	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	737	1.7
Spanish	1,249	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	513	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	627	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	122	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	210	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	83	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	45,566	100.0
Total ancestries reported	40,451	88.8
Arab	147	0.3
Czech¹	106	0.2
Danish	98	0.2
Dutch	1,091	2.4
English	4,412	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,289	2.8
French Canadian¹	111	0.2
German	7,802	17.1
Greek	102	0.2
Hungarian	59	0.1
Irish¹	5,499	12.1
Italian	1,039	2.3
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	576	1.3
Polish	458	1.0
Portuguese	59	0.1
Russian	208	0.5
Scotch-Irish	1,208	2.7
Scottish	842	1.8
Slovak	27	0.1
Subsaharan African	59	0.1
Swedish	549	1.2
Swiss	103	0.2
Ukrainian	62	0.1
United States or American	5,749	12.6
Welsh	311	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	42	0.1
Other ancestries	8,439	18.5

(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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