Little River County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Little river county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,128	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	262	8.4
Kindergarten	159	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,590	50.8
High school (grades 9-12)	732	23.4
College or graduate school	385	12.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,009	100.0
Less than 9th grade	857	9.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,535	17.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,438	38.2
Some college, no degree	1,959	21.7
Associate degree	327	3.6
Bachelor's degree	674	7.5
Graduate or professional degree	219	2.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,754	100.0
Never married	1,992	18.5
Now married, except separated	6,366	59.2
Separated	180	1.7
Widowed	928	8.6
Female	738	6.9
Divorced	1,288	12.0
Female	689	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	382	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	205	53.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,197	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,372	13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,017	100.0
With a disability	281	9.3

Population 21 to 64 years	7,616	100.0
With a disability	1,813	23.8
Percent employed	47.2	(X)
No disability	5,803	76.2
Percent employed	75.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,909	100.0
With a disability	972	50.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,668	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,528	59.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,102	40.3
Same county	2,863	22.6
Different county	2,239	17.7
Same state	916	7.2
Different state	1,323	10.4
Elsewhere in 1995	38	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,628	100.0
Native	13,394	98.3
Born in United States	13,324	97.8
State of residence	6,645	48.8
Different state	6,679	49.0
Born outside United States	70	0.5
Foreign born	234	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	55	0.4
Naturalized citizen	125	0.9
Not a citizen	109	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	234	100.0
Europe	45	19.2
Asia	44	18.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	139	59.4
Northern America	6	2.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,668	100.0
English only	12,231	96.6
Language other than English	437	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	144	1.1
Spanish	283	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	77	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	98	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	39	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,628	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,429	76.5
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	2	0.0
Danish	3	0.0
Dutch	176	1.3
English	1,022	7.5
French (except Basque)¹	154	1.1
French Canadian¹	50	0.4
German	789	5.8
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,209	8.9
Italian	160	1.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	29	0.2
Polish	67	0.5
Portuguese	11	0.1
Russian	7	0.1
Scotch-Irish	169	1.2
Scottish	135	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	31	0.2
Swedish	21	0.2
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,020	14.8
Welsh	55	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.1
Other ancestries	4,301	31.6

(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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