Van Buren County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Van buren county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,205	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	154	4.8
Kindergarten	183	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,684	52.5
High school (grades 9-12)	821	25.6
College or graduate school	363	11.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,602	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,358	11.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,933	16.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,270	36.8
Some college, no degree	2,342	20.2
Associate degree	366	3.2
Bachelor's degree	930	8.0
Graduate or professional degree	403	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,344	100.0
Never married	2,011	15.1
Now married, except separated	8,540	64.0
Separated	196	1.5
Widowed	1,210	9.1
Female	977	7.3
Divorced	1,387	10.4
Female	713	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	278	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	196	70.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,695	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,468	19.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,120	100.0
With a disability	285	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	8,389	100.0
With a disability	2,350	28.0
Percent employed	40.8	(X)
No disability	6,039	72.0
Percent employed	72.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,564	100.0
With a disability	1,669	46.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,338	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,158	59.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,088	39.7
Same county	2,471	16.1
Different county	3,617	23.6
Same state	2,175	14.2
Different state	1,442	9.4
Elsewhere in 1995	92	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,192	100.0
Native	15,968	98.6
Born in United States	15,921	98.3
State of residence	9,366	57.8
Different state	6,555	40.5
Born outside United States	47	0.3
Foreign born	224	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	48	0.3
Naturalized citizen	151	0.9
Not a citizen	73	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	224	100.0
Europe	114	50.9
Asia	37	16.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	5	2.2
Latin America	48	21.4
Northern America	20	8.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,338	100.0
English only	14,972	97.6
Language other than English	366	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	112	0.7
Spanish	221	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	65	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	101	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	32	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	36	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,192	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,276	82.0
Arab	11	0.1
Czech¹	36	0.2
Danish	66	0.4
Dutch	354	2.2
English	1,663	10.3
French (except Basque)¹	299	1.8
French Canadian¹	68	0.4
German	1,824	11.3
Greek	20	0.1
Hungarian	15	0.1
Irish¹	2,060	12.7
Italian	121	0.7
Lithuanian	3	0.0
Norwegian	137	0.8
Polish	108	0.7
Portuguese	4	0.0
Russian	21	0.1
Scotch-Irish	359	2.2
Scottish	276	1.7
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	152	0.9
Swiss	21	0.1
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	3,376	20.8
Welsh	63	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	1	0.0
Other ancestries	2,212	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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