Platte County, WY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Platte county wyoming dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school2,147100.0
Nursery school, preschool1336.2
Kindergarten1044.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,16054.0
High school (grades 9-12)57726.9
College or graduate school1738.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over6,034100.0
Less than 9th grade3125.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma60110.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)2,32338.5
Some college, no degree1,46424.3
Associate degree4166.9
Bachelor's degree64310.7
Graduate or professional degree2754.6
Percent high school graduate or higher84.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher15.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over7,052100.0
Never married1,18316.8
Now married, except separated4,53564.3
Separated440.6
Widowed5638.0
Female
4716.7
Divorced72710.3
Female
3785.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years92100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren5357.6
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over6,575100.0
Civilian veterans1,29919.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years2,058100.0
With a disability1748.5
Population 21 to 64 years4,807100.0
With a disability81016.9
Percent employed
50.5(X)
No disability3,99783.1
Percent employed
84.2(X)
Population 65 years and over1,384100.0
With a disability47434.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over8,348100.0
Same house in 19955,16261.8
Different house in the U.S. in 19953,10437.2
Same county
1,40216.8
Different county
1,70220.4
Same state
7689.2
Different state
93411.2
Elsewhere in 1995821.0
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population8,807100.0
Native8,67198.5
Born in United States
8,60297.7
State of residence
4,24948.2
Different state
4,35349.4
Born outside United States
690.8
Foreign born1361.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
750.9
Naturalized citizen
370.4
Not a citizen
991.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)136100.0
Europe1511.0
Asia1611.8
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America10375.7
Northern America21.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over8,348100.0
English only7,95695.3
Language other than English3924.7
Speak English less than 'very well
1441.7
Spanish
3153.8
Speak English less than "very well"
1151.4
Other Indo-European languages
690.8
Speak English less than "very well"
280.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
70.1
Speak English less than "very well"
00.0
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population8,807100.0

Total ancestries reported

10,540119.7
Arab50.1
Czech1750.9
Danish961.1
Dutch3614.1
English1,37015.6
French (except Basque)12913.3
French Canadian1280.3
German2,98633.9
Greek260.3
Hungarian110.1
Irish11,62318.4
Italian2512.9
Lithuanian60.1
Norwegian3804.3
Polish450.5
Portuguese280.3
Russian760.9
Scotch-Irish2312.6
Scottish2492.8
Slovak60.1
Subsaharan African00.0
Swedish3714.2
Swiss680.8
Ukrainian150.2
United States or American5526.3
Welsh760.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries1,31414.9
(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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