Shelby County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Shelby county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,554	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	615	5.8
Kindergarten	665	6.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,390	51.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,441	23.1
College or graduate school	1,443	13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,351	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,416	5.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,299	15.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,672	44.7
Some college, no degree	4,863	17.2
Associate degree	1,488	5.2
Bachelor's degree	2,268	8.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,345	4.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,899	100.0
Never married	7,005	20.7
Now married, except separated	20,610	60.8
Separated	341	1.0
Widowed	2,060	6.1
Female	1,646	4.9
Divorced	3,883	11.5
Female	2,078	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	605	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	304	50.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,867	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,574	14.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,104	100.0
With a disability	725	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	24,910	100.0
With a disability	5,683	22.8
Percent employed	72.6	(X)
No disability	19,227	77.2
Percent employed	81.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,995	100.0
With a disability	2,137	42.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,519	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,739	58.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,390	40.5
Same county	9,571	23.6
Different county	6,819	16.8
Same state	5,213	12.9
Different state	1,606	4.0
Elsewhere in 1995	390	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	43,445	100.0
Native	42,763	98.4
Born in United States	42,639	98.1
State of residence	35,312	81.3
Different state	7,327	16.9
Born outside United States	124	0.3
Foreign born	682	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	480	1.1
Naturalized citizen	127	0.3
Not a citizen	555	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	682	100.0
Europe	164	24.0
Asia	185	27.1
Africa	4	0.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	319	46.8
Northern America	10	1.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,519	100.0
English only	39,470	97.4
Language other than English	1,049	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	526	1.3
Spanish	580	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	305	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	301	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	108	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	160	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	113	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	43,445	100.0
Total ancestries reported	37,928	87.3
Arab	22	0.1
Czech¹	21	0.0
Danish	51	0.1
Dutch	951	2.2
English	4,662	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	920	2.1
French Canadian¹	25	0.1
German	11,157	25.7
Greek	77	0.2
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	4,799	11.0
Italian	402	0.9
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	54	0.1
Polish	459	1.1
Portuguese	23	0.1
Russian	32	0.1
Scotch-Irish	525	1.2
Scottish	728	1.7
Slovak	9	0.0
Subsaharan African	48	0.1
Swedish	255	0.6
Swiss	91	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	8,677	20.0
Welsh	223	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	3,706	8.5

(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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