Hancock County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hancock county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,151	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,090	7.7
Kindergarten	998	7.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,595	46.6
High school (grades 9-12)	3,206	22.7
College or graduate school	2,262	16.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	37,073	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,113	3.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,420	9.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,878	37.4
Some college, no degree	7,911	21.3
Associate degree	2,526	6.8
Bachelor's degree	5,570	15.0
Graduate or professional degree	2,655	7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	43,316	100.0
Never married	7,819	18.1
Now married, except separated	29,094	67.2
Separated	295	0.7
Widowed	2,482	5.7
Female	2,000	4.6
Divorced	3,626	8.4
Female	1,987	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	787	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	269	34.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	40,725	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,593	13.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,619	100.0
With a disability	933	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	32,650	100.0
With a disability	5,440	16.7
Percent employed	71.9	(X)
No disability	27,210	83.3
Percent employed	81.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,931	100.0
With a disability	2,320	39.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	51,664	100.0
Same house in 1995	29,394	56.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	22,165	42.9
Same county	9,458	18.3
Different county	12,707	24.6
Same state	10,398	20.1
Different state	2,309	4.5
Elsewhere in 1995	105	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	55,391	100.0
Native	54,883	99.1
Born in United States	54,706	98.8
State of residence	42,811	77.3
Different state	11,895	21.5
Born outside United States	177	0.3
Foreign born	508	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	80	0.1
Naturalized citizen	383	0.7
Not a citizen	125	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	508	100.0
Europe	253	49.8
Asia	129	25.4
Africa	38	7.5
Oceania	9	1.8
Latin America	59	11.6
Northern America	20	3.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	51,664	100.0
English only	50,099	97.0
Language other than English	1,565	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	393	0.8
Spanish	793	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	207	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	694	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	133	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	62	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	53	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	55,391	100.0
Total ancestries reported	49,978	90.2
Arab	19	0.0
Czech¹	61	0.1
Danish	89	0.2
Dutch	1,174	2.1
English	6,689	12.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,189	2.1
French Canadian¹	145	0.3
German	14,266	25.8
Greek	181	0.3
Hungarian	54	0.1
Irish¹	7,294	13.2
Italian	1,175	2.1
Lithuanian	13	0.0
Norwegian	258	0.5
Polish	708	1.3
Portuguese	140	0.3
Russian	133	0.2
Scotch-Irish	932	1.7
Scottish	1,212	2.2
Slovak	33	0.1
Subsaharan African	17	0.0
Swedish	622	1.1
Swiss	200	0.4
Ukrainian	13	0.0
United States or American	7,847	14.2
Welsh	556	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,958	9.0

(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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