Blackford County, IN Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Blackford county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,178	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	230	7.2
Kindergarten	197	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,589	50.0
High school (grades 9-12)	793	25.0
College or graduate school	369	11.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,550	100.0
Less than 9th grade	376	3.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,413	14.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,727	49.5
Some college, no degree	1,567	16.4
Associate degree	487	5.1
Bachelor's degree	634	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	346	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,148	100.0
Never married	2,046	18.4
Now married, except separated	6,822	61.2
Separated	62	0.6
Widowed	852	7.6
Female	731	6.6
Divorced	1,366	12.3
Female	702	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	177	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	111	62.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,577	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,529	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,988	100.0
With a disability	226	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	7,915	100.0
With a disability	1,592	20.1
Percent employed	60.3	(X)
No disability	6,323	79.9
Percent employed	79.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,068	100.0
With a disability	806	39.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,147	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,942	60.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,192	39.5
Same county	3,200	24.3
Different county	1,992	15.2
Same state	1,579	12.0
Different state	413	3.1
Elsewhere in 1995	13	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,048	100.0
Native	14,029	99.9
Born in United States	14,006	99.7
State of residence	11,960	85.1
Different state	2,046	14.6
Born outside United States	23	0.2
Foreign born	19	0.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	0	0.0
Naturalized citizen	9	0.1
Not a citizen	10	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	19	100.0
Europe	2	10.5
Asia	10	52.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	2	10.5
Northern America	5	26.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,147	100.0
English only	12,855	97.8
Language other than English	292	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	88	0.7
Spanish	185	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	96	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	25	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	8	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,048	100.0
Total ancestries reported	9,403	66.9
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	5	0.0
Dutch	210	1.5
English	1,095	7.8
French (except Basque)¹	209	1.5
French Canadian¹	64	0.5
German	2,348	16.7
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	31	0.2
Irish¹	1,310	9.3
Italian	184	1.3
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	29	0.2
Polish	109	0.8
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	148	1.1
Scottish	78	0.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	51	0.4
Swiss	55	0.4
Ukrainian	13	0.1
United States or American	2,174	15.5
Welsh	66	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,224	8.7

(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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