Grant County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Grant county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,925	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	192	4.9
Kindergarten	291	7.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,897	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,006	25.6
College or graduate school	539	13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,824	100.0
Less than 9th grade	863	8.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,607	14.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,576	42.3
Some college, no degree	2,264	20.9
Associate degree	319	2.9
Bachelor's degree	787	7.3
Graduate or professional degree	408	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,936	100.0
Never married	2,056	15.9
Now married, except separated	8,735	67.5
Separated	158	1.2
Widowed	881	6.8
Female	721	5.6
Divorced	1,106	8.5
Female	567	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	367	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	203	55.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,159	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,698	14.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,811	100.0
With a disability	278	7.3

Population 21 to 64 years	9,508	100.0
With a disability	2,234	23.5
Percent employed	51.1	(X)
No disability	7,274	76.5
Percent employed	77.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,894	100.0
With a disability	1,029	54.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,390	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,271	60.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,042	39.3
Same county	2,549	16.6
Different county	3,493	22.7
Same state	2,480	16.1
Different state	1,013	6.6
Elsewhere in 1995	77	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,464	100.0
Native	16,364	99.4
Born in United States	16,268	98.8
State of residence	12,718	77.2
Different state	3,550	21.6
Born outside United States	96	0.6
Foreign born	100	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	40	0.2
Naturalized citizen	32	0.2
Not a citizen	68	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	100	100.0
Europe	37	37.0
Asia	17	17.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	2	2.0
Latin America	42	42.0
Northern America	2	2.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,390	100.0
English only	15,055	97.8
Language other than English	335	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	114	0.7
Spanish	231	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	104	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	94	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	5	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,464	100.0
Total ancestries reported	12,073	73.3
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	27	0.2
Danish	8	0.0
Dutch	369	2.2
English	1,034	6.3
French (except Basque)¹	316	1.9
French Canadian¹	43	0.3
German	1,353	8.2
Greek	4	0.0
Hungarian	41	0.2
Irish¹	1,845	11.2
Italian	184	1.1
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	42	0.3
Polish	145	0.9
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	7	0.0
Scotch-Irish	250	1.5
Scottish	113	0.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	17	0.1
Swedish	37	0.2
Swiss	20	0.1
Ukrainian	42	0.3
United States or American	3,876	23.5
Welsh	51	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,249	13.7

(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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