Cass County, NE Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cass county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,664	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	443	6.6
Kindergarten	381	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,164	47.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,658	24.9
College or graduate school	1,018	15.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,887	100.0
Less than 9th grade	512	3.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,175	7.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,879	37.0
Some college, no degree	4,089	25.7
Associate degree	1,260	7.9
Bachelor's degree	2,127	13.4
Graduate or professional degree	845	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,724	100.0
Never married	3,721	19.9
Now married, except separated	11,876	63.4
Separated	197	1.1
Widowed	1,259	6.7
Female	1,048	5.6
Divorced	1,671	8.9
Female	859	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	333	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	197	59.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,375	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,079	17.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,940	100.0
With a disability	318	5.4

Population 21 to 64 years	13,536	100.0
With a disability	2,213	16.3
Percent employed	69.3	(X)
No disability	11,323	83.7
Percent employed	84.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,742	100.0
With a disability	1,035	37.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,641	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,117	57.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,454	41.8
Same county	3,845	17.0
Different county	5,609	24.8
Same state	3,910	17.3
Different state	1,699	7.5
Elsewhere in 1995	70	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	24,334	100.0
Native	24,037	98.8
Born in United States	23,823	97.9
State of residence	16,898	69.4
Different state	6,925	28.5
Born outside United States	214	0.9
Foreign born	297	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	96	0.4
Naturalized citizen	164	0.7
Not a citizen	133	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	297	100.0
Europe	141	47.5
Asia	56	18.9
Africa	16	5.4
Oceania	2	0.7
Latin America	68	22.9
Northern America	14	4.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,641	100.0
English only	21,873	96.6
Language other than English	768	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	223	1.0
Spanish	424	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	186	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	270	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	42	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	24,334	100.0
Total ancestries reported	27,510	113.1
Arab	27	0.1
Czech¹	1,202	4.9
Danish	596	2.4
Dutch	608	2.5
English	2,565	10.5
French (except Basque)¹	763	3.1
French Canadian¹	115	0.5
German	9,547	39.2
Greek	53	0.2
Hungarian	82	0.3
Irish¹	3,265	13.4
Italian	770	3.2
Lithuanian	89	0.4
Norwegian	579	2.4
Polish	865	3.6
Portuguese	52	0.2
Russian	117	0.5
Scotch-Irish	436	1.8
Scottish	412	1.7
Slovak	3	0.0
Subsaharan African	21	0.1
Swedish	1,094	4.5
Swiss	125	0.5
Ukrainian	35	0.1
United States or American	1,852	7.6
Welsh	186	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,051	8.4

(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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