Owen County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Owen county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,037	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	246	4.9
Kindergarten	224	4.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,844	56.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,228	24.4
College or graduate school	495	9.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,384	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,076	7.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,541	17.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,244	43.4
Some college, no degree	2,583	18.0
Associate degree	621	4.3
Bachelor's degree	800	5.6
Graduate or professional degree	519	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,038	100.0
Never married	3,188	18.7
Now married, except separated	10,544	61.9
Separated	185	1.1
Widowed	1,078	6.3
Female	861	5.1
Divorced	2,043	12.0
Female	1,024	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	409	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	204	49.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,967	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,646	16.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,167	100.0
With a disability	617	11.9

Population 21 to 64 years	12,318	100.0
With a disability	2,751	22.3
Percent employed	59.5	(X)
No disability	9,567	77.7
Percent employed	79.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,620	100.0
With a disability	1,291	49.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,362	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,020	59.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,253	40.5
Same county	3,131	15.4
Different county	5,122	25.2
Same state	4,316	21.2
Different state	806	4.0
Elsewhere in 1995	89	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,786	100.0
Native	21,699	99.6
Born in United States	21,640	99.3
State of residence	17,897	82.1
Different state	3,743	17.2
Born outside United States	59	0.3
Foreign born	87	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	16	0.1
Naturalized citizen	66	0.3
Not a citizen	21	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	87	100.0
Europe	47	54.0
Asia	14	16.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	3	3.4
Northern America	23	26.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,362	100.0
English only	19,867	97.6
Language other than English	495	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	81	0.4
Spanish	197	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	35	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	275	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	38	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	11	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	8	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,786	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,911	77.6
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	21	0.1
Danish	30	0.1
Dutch	375	1.7
English	1,639	7.5
French (except Basque)¹	554	2.5
French Canadian¹	27	0.1
German	3,772	17.3
Greek	8	0.0
Hungarian	65	0.3
Irish¹	2,064	9.5
Italian	233	1.1
Lithuanian	16	0.1
Norwegian	64	0.3
Polish	108	0.5
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	5	0.0
Scotch-Irish	219	1.0
Scottish	367	1.7
Slovak	14	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	157	0.7
Swiss	38	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,934	22.6
Welsh	142	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,059	9.5

(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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