Bell County, KY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bell county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,872	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	344	5.0
Kindergarten	391	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,492	50.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,733	25.2
College or graduate school	912	13.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	20,042	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,014	25.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,675	18.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,644	33.2
Some college, no degree	2,266	11.3
Associate degree	643	3.2
Bachelor's degree	914	4.6
Graduate or professional degree	886	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	56.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,106	100.0
Never married	4,742	19.7
Now married, except separated	13,761	57.1
Separated	668	2.8
Widowed	2,197	9.1
Female	1,860	7.7
Divorced	2,738	11.4
Female	1,514	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	551	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	277	50.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	22,729	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,520	11.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,596	100.0
With a disability	771	11.7

Population 21 to 64 years	17,140	100.0
With a disability	6,839	39.9
Percent employed	28.2	(X)
No disability	10,301	60.1
Percent employed	60.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,862	100.0
With a disability	2,399	62.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	28,257	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,841	63.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,263	36.3
Same county	6,814	24.1
Different county	3,449	12.2
Same state	1,500	5.3
Different state	1,949	6.9
Elsewhere in 1995	153	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	30,060	100.0
Native	29,863	99.3
Born in United States	29,848	99.3
State of residence	24,252	80.7
Different state	5,596	18.6
Born outside United States	15	0.0
Foreign born	197	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	121	0.4
Naturalized citizen	70	0.2
Not a citizen	127	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	197	100.0
Europe	12	6.1
Asia	79	40.1
Africa	30	15.2
Oceania	13	6.6
Latin America	63	32.0
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	28,257	100.0
English only	27,644	97.8
Language other than English	613	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	252	0.9
Spanish	280	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	122	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	239	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	75	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	55	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	30,060	100.0
Total ancestries reported	21,444	71.3
Arab	91	0.3
Czech¹	20	0.1
Danish	5	0.0
Dutch	168	0.6
English	1,942	6.5
French (except Basque)¹	241	0.8
French Canadian¹	23	0.1
German	1,133	3.8
Greek	11	0.0
Hungarian	14	0.0
Irish¹	1,887	6.3
Italian	215	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	5	0.0
Polish	67	0.2
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	14	0.0
Scotch-Irish	260	0.9
Scottish	193	0.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	46	0.2
Swedish	18	0.1
Swiss	11	0.0
Ukrainian	25	0.1
United States or American	12,232	40.7
Welsh	68	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,747	9.1

(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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