Whitley County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Whitley county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,674	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	564	7.3
Kindergarten	478	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,847	50.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,880	24.5
College or graduate school	905	11.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	19,995	100.0
Less than 9th grade	741	3.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,021	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,077	45.4
Some college, no degree	4,178	20.9
Associate degree	1,326	6.6
Bachelor's degree	1,768	8.8
Graduate or professional degree	884	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	23,907	100.0
Never married	4,631	19.4
Now married, except separated	15,051	63.0
Separated	211	0.9
Widowed	1,535	6.4
Female	1,244	5.2
Divorced	2,479	10.4
Female	1,291	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	268	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	125	46.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	22,480	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,114	13.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,184	100.0
With a disability	509	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	17,293	100.0
With a disability	2,736	15.8
Percent employed	69.3	(X)
No disability	14,557	84.2
Percent employed	85.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,775	100.0
With a disability	1,493	39.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	28,646	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,460	61.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,079	38.7
Same county	5,721	20.0
Different county	5,358	18.7
Same state	4,332	15.1
Different state	1,026	3.6
Elsewhere in 1995	107	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	30,707	100.0
Native	30,451	99.2
Born in United States	30,402	99.0
State of residence	24,968	81.3
Different state	5,434	17.7
Born outside United States	49	0.2
Foreign born	256	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	118	0.4
Naturalized citizen	122	0.4
Not a citizen	134	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	256	100.0
Europe	101	39.5
Asia	71	27.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	6	2.3
Latin America	51	19.9
Northern America	27	10.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	28,646	100.0
English only	27,839	97.2
Language other than English	807	2.8
Speak English less than 'very well	224	0.8
Spanish	334	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	123	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	438	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	86	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	19	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	30,707	100.0
Total ancestries reported	26,038	84.8
Arab	10	0.0
Czech¹	129	0.4
Danish	45	0.1
Dutch	749	2.4
English	2,425	7.9
French (except Basque)¹	863	2.8
French Canadian¹	122	0.4
German	9,801	31.9
Greek	47	0.2
Hungarian	75	0.2
Irish¹	2,694	8.8
Italian	351	1.1
Lithuanian	25	0.1
Norwegian	221	0.7
Polish	536	1.7
Portuguese	9	0.0
Russian	55	0.2
Scotch-Irish	333	1.1
Scottish	510	1.7
Slovak	37	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	336	1.1
Swiss	317	1.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,710	12.1
Welsh	193	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	2,437	7.9

(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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