Harrison County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Harrison county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,119	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	181	4.4
Kindergarten	304	7.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,063	50.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,053	25.6
College or graduate school	518	12.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,009	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,280	10.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,824	15.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,118	42.6
Some college, no degree	2,043	17.0
Associate degree	469	3.9
Bachelor's degree	761	6.3
Graduate or professional degree	514	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,259	100.0
Never married	2,752	19.3
Now married, except separated	8,684	60.9
Separated	217	1.5
Widowed	1,107	7.8
Female	912	6.4
Divorced	1,499	10.5
Female	762	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	298	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	149	50.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,434	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,659	12.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,958	100.0
With a disability	301	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	10,320	100.0
With a disability	2,233	21.6
Percent employed	55.1	(X)
No disability	8,087	78.4
Percent employed	78.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,271	100.0
With a disability	1,108	48.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,819	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,285	55.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,488	44.5
Same county	4,275	25.4
Different county	3,213	19.1
Same state	2,179	13.0
Different state	1,034	6.1
Elsewhere in 1995	46	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,983	100.0
Native	17,770	98.8
Born in United States	17,723	98.6
State of residence	15,002	83.4
Different state	2,721	15.1
Born outside United States	47	0.3
Foreign born	213	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	53	0.3
Naturalized citizen	130	0.7
Not a citizen	83	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	213	100.0
Europe	52	24.4
Asia	17	8.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	111	52.1
Northern America	33	15.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,819	100.0
English only	16,268	96.7
Language other than English	551	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	115	0.7
Spanish	349	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	61	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	133	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	32	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,983	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,219	73.5
Arab	9	0.1
Czech¹	25	0.1
Danish	10	0.1
Dutch	177	1.0
English	2,036	11.3
French (except Basque)¹	362	2.0
French Canadian¹	33	0.2
German	1,919	10.7
Greek	16	0.1
Hungarian	19	0.1
Irish¹	1,677	9.3
Italian	166	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	18	0.1
Polish	42	0.2
Portuguese	10	0.1
Russian	9	0.1
Scotch-Irish	219	1.2
Scottish	313	1.7
Slovak	6	0.0
Subsaharan African	9	0.1
Swedish	34	0.2
Swiss	44	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,284	23.8
Welsh	19	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	1,757	9.8

(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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