Cass County, MO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cass county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	21,176	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,658	7.8
Kindergarten	1,325	6.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,719	50.6
High school (grades 9-12)	4,661	22.0
College or graduate school	2,813	13.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	52,767	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,667	3.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,339	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	19,902	37.7
Some college, no degree	13,263	25.1
Associate degree	3,262	6.2
Bachelor's degree	6,374	12.1
Graduate or professional degree	2,960	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	62,634	100.0
Never married	11,485	18.3
Now married, except separated	40,280	64.3
Separated	864	1.4
Widowed	3,669	5.9
Female	3,079	4.9
Divorced	6,336	10.1
Female	3,583	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,339	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	564	42.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	58,493	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,451	16.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	19,769	100.0
With a disability	1,255	6.3

Population 21 to 64 years	46,129	100.0
With a disability	7,229	15.7
Percent employed	64.3	(X)
No disability	38,900	84.3
Percent employed	82.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,894	100.0
With a disability	3,297	37.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	76,039	100.0
Same house in 1995	39,954	52.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	35,531	46.7
Same county	15,058	19.8
Different county	20,473	26.9
Same state	12,589	16.6
Different state	7,884	10.4
Elsewhere in 1995	554	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	82,092	100.0
Native	80,780	98.4
Born in United States	79,939	97.4
State of residence	51,865	63.2
Different state	28,074	34.2
Born outside United States	841	1.0
Foreign born	1,312	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	515	0.6
Naturalized citizen	620	0.8
Not a citizen	692	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,312	100.0
Europe	419	31.9
Asia	294	22.4
Africa	26	2.0
Oceania	2	0.2
Latin America	459	35.0
Northern America	112	8.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	76,039	100.0
English only	73,604	96.8
Language other than English	2,435	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	831	1.1
Spanish	1,464	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	538	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	681	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	193	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	208	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	95	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	82,092	100.0
Total ancestries reported	79,898	97.3
Arab	47	0.1
Czech¹	562	0.7
Danish	461	0.6
Dutch	2,361	2.9
English	9,712	11.8
French (except Basque)¹	2,321	2.8
French Canadian¹	312	0.4
German	18,786	22.9
Greek	126	0.2
Hungarian	180	0.2
Irish¹	12,072	14.7
Italian	2,156	2.6
Lithuanian	41	0.0
Norwegian	930	1.1
Polish	911	1.1
Portuguese	101	0.1
Russian	283	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,931	2.4
Scottish	1,529	1.9
Slovak	57	0.1
Subsaharan African	33	0.0
Swedish	1,593	1.9
Swiss	313	0.4
Ukrainian	68	0.1
United States or American	10,805	13.2
Welsh	664	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	11,537	14.1

(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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