Wasatch County, UT Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wasatch county utah dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,874	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	328	6.7
Kindergarten	280	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,423	49.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,223	25.1
College or graduate school	620	12.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,448	100.0
Less than 9th grade	158	1.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	748	8.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,111	25.0
Some college, no degree	2,442	28.9
Associate degree	764	9.0
Bachelor's degree	1,655	19.6
Graduate or professional degree	570	6.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	26.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,944	100.0
Never married	2,465	22.5
Now married, except separated	7,148	65.3
Separated	182	1.7
Widowed	406	3.7
Female	327	3.0
Divorced	743	6.8
Female	390	3.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	188	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	80	42.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,001	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,095	10.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,460	100.0
With a disability	291	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	7,998	100.0
With a disability	1,101	13.8
Percent employed	61.2	(X)
No disability	6,897	86.2
Percent employed	78.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,235	100.0
With a disability	500	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,824	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,841	49.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,622	47.9
Same county	2,570	18.6
Different county	4,052	29.3
Same state	2,435	17.6
Different state	1,617	11.7
Elsewhere in 1995	361	2.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	15,215	100.0
Native	14,575	95.8
Born in United States	14,520	95.4
State of residence	10,413	68.4
Different state	4,107	27.0
Born outside United States	55	0.4
Foreign born	640	4.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	408	2.7
Naturalized citizen	155	1.0
Not a citizen	485	3.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	640	100.0
Europe	78	12.2
Asia	35	5.5
Africa	7	1.1
Oceania	8	1.3
Latin America	480	75.0
Northern America	32	5.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,824	100.0
English only	12,715	92.0
Language other than English	1,109	8.0
Speak English less than 'very well	471	3.4
Spanish	795	5.8
Speak English less than "very well"	441	3.2
Other Indo-European languages	174	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	15	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	87	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	15,215	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,446	114.7
Arab	9	0.1
Czech¹	75	0.5
Danish	837	5.5
Dutch	384	2.5
English	5,605	36.8
French (except Basque)¹	389	2.6
French Canadian¹	39	0.3
German	2,021	13.3
Greek	35	0.2
Hungarian	40	0.3
Irish¹	1,275	8.4
Italian	326	2.1
Lithuanian	32	0.2
Norwegian	360	2.4
Polish	88	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	24	0.2
Scotch-Irish	130	0.9
Scottish	839	5.5
Slovak	9	0.1
Subsaharan African	11	0.1
Swedish	975	6.4
Swiss	636	4.2
Ukrainian	21	0.1
United States or American	768	5.0
Welsh	301	2.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	3	0.0
Other ancestries	2,214	14.6

(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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