Daviess County, KY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Daviess county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	23,030	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,608	7.0
Kindergarten	1,329	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,584	46.0
High school (grades 9-12)	5,620	24.4
College or graduate school	3,889	16.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	59,745	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,029	6.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,487	12.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	22,492	37.6
Some college, no degree	12,229	20.5
Associate degree	3,340	5.6
Bachelor's degree	6,525	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	3,643	6.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	72,180	100.0
Never married	15,893	22.0
Now married, except separated	41,653	57.7
Separated	1,062	1.5
Widowed	5,189	7.2
Female	4,399	6.1
Divorced	8,383	11.6
Female	4,648	6.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,123	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	633	56.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	67,972	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,856	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	21,087	100.0
With a disability	1,831	8.7

Population 21 to 64 years	51,083	100.0
With a disability	10,971	21.5
Percent employed	54.9	(X)
No disability	40,112	78.5
Percent employed	79.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	11,808	100.0
With a disability	5,364	45.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	85,314	100.0
Same house in 1995	46,997	55.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	37,860	44.4
Same county	27,193	31.9
Different county	10,667	12.5
Same state	5,491	6.4
Different state	5,176	6.1
Elsewhere in 1995	457	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	91,545	100.0
Native	90,630	99.0
Born in United States	90,267	98.6
State of residence	72,578	79.3
Different state	17,689	19.3
Born outside United States	363	0.4
Foreign born	915	1.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	452	0.5
Naturalized citizen	402	0.4
Not a citizen	513	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	915	100.0
Europe	230	25.1
Asia	332	36.3
Africa	29	3.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	297	32.5
Northern America	27	3.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	85,314	100.0
English only	82,552	96.8
Language other than English	2,762	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	1,060	1.2
Spanish	1,505	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	749	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	1,064	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	245	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	134	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	66	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	91,545	100.0
Total ancestries reported	71,701	78.3
Arab	72	0.1
Czech¹	99	0.1
Danish	61	0.1
Dutch	734	0.8
English	9,911	10.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,641	1.8
French Canadian¹	114	0.1
German	12,250	13.4
Greek	141	0.2
Hungarian	155	0.2
Irish¹	10,618	11.6
Italian	919	1.0
Lithuanian	20	0.0
Norwegian	142	0.2
Polish	545	0.6
Portuguese	45	0.0
Russian	92	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,393	1.5
Scottish	1,340	1.5
Slovak	41	0.0
Subsaharan African	175	0.2
Swedish	348	0.4
Swiss	176	0.2
Ukrainian	31	0.0
United States or American	19,293	21.1
Welsh	492	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	20	0.0
Other ancestries	10,833	11.8

(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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