Sullivan County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sullivan county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,101	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	263	5.2
Kindergarten	243	4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,243	44.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,527	29.9
College or graduate school	825	16.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,782	100.0
Less than 9th grade	562	3.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,270	15.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,569	44.4
Some college, no degree	2,738	18.5
Associate degree	1,256	8.5
Bachelor's degree	775	5.2
Graduate or professional degree	612	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,780	100.0
Never married	3,976	22.4
Now married, except separated	9,848	55.4
Separated	207	1.2
Widowed	1,566	8.8
Female	1,244	7.0
Divorced	2,183	12.3
Female	962	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	282	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	171	60.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,817	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,547	15.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,359	100.0
With a disability	345	7.9

Population 21 to 64 years	10,967	100.0
With a disability	2,636	24.0
Percent employed	49.0	(X)
No disability	8,331	76.0
Percent employed	75.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,927	100.0
With a disability	1,487	50.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,514	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,429	60.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,963	38.8
Same county	4,292	20.9
Different county	3,671	17.9
Same state	2,668	13.0
Different state	1,003	4.9
Elsewhere in 1995	122	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,751	100.0
Native	21,690	99.7
Born in United States	21,582	99.2
State of residence	17,829	82.0
Different state	3,753	17.3
Born outside United States	108	0.5
Foreign born	61	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	7	0.0
Naturalized citizen	39	0.2
Not a citizen	22	0.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	61	100.0
Europe	17	27.9
Asia	18	29.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	20	32.8
Northern America	6	9.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,514	100.0
English only	19,864	96.8
Language other than English	650	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	212	1.0
Spanish	455	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	171	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	167	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	30	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	16	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,751	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,427	75.5
Arab	61	0.3
Czech¹	45	0.2
Danish	11	0.1
Dutch	548	2.5
English	2,692	12.4
French (except Basque)¹	409	1.9
French Canadian¹	30	0.1
German	3,124	14.4
Greek	18	0.1
Hungarian	95	0.4
Irish¹	2,082	9.6
Italian	286	1.3
Lithuanian	21	0.1
Norwegian	61	0.3
Polish	167	0.8
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	12	0.1
Scotch-Irish	217	1.0
Scottish	465	2.1
Slovak	14	0.1
Subsaharan African	63	0.3
Swedish	114	0.5
Swiss	46	0.2
Ukrainian	17	0.1
United States or American	3,287	15.1
Welsh	103	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.1
Other ancestries	2,420	11.1

(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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