McCracken County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mccracken county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,279	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,146	7.5
Kindergarten	1,062	7.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,857	44.9
High school (grades 9-12)	3,771	24.7
College or graduate school	2,443	16.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	45,038	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,314	7.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,573	12.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	15,018	33.3
Some college, no degree	9,884	21.9
Associate degree	3,097	6.9
Bachelor's degree	5,092	11.3
Graduate or professional degree	3,060	6.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	52,887	100.0
Never married	10,127	19.1
Now married, except separated	30,444	57.6
Separated	1,155	2.2
Widowed	4,623	8.7
Female	3,843	7.3
Divorced	6,538	12.4
Female	3,575	6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	986	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	540	54.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	50,191	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,323	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,348	100.0
With a disability	1,225	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	37,199	100.0
With a disability	7,997	21.5
Percent employed	49.6	(X)
No disability	29,202	78.5
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,794	100.0
With a disability	4,466	45.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	61,594	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,995	56.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	26,262	42.6
Same county	14,815	24.1
Different county	11,447	18.6
Same state	4,756	7.7
Different state	6,691	10.9
Elsewhere in 1995	337	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	65,514	100.0
Native	64,908	99.1
Born in United States	64,668	98.7
State of residence	43,049	65.7
Different state	21,619	33.0
Born outside United States	240	0.4
Foreign born	606	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	225	0.3
Naturalized citizen	268	0.4
Not a citizen	338	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	606	100.0
Europe	161	26.6
Asia	137	22.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	17	2.8
Latin America	240	39.6
Northern America	51	8.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	61,594	100.0
English only	60,193	97.7
Language other than English	1,401	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	415	0.7
Spanish	839	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	282	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	412	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	92	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	123	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	41	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	65,514	100.0
Total ancestries reported	55,025	84.0
Arab	73	0.1
Czech¹	88	0.1
Danish	86	0.1
Dutch	826	1.3
English	7,301	11.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,474	2.2
French Canadian¹	131	0.2
German	8,319	12.7
Greek	40	0.1
Hungarian	125	0.2
Irish¹	7,582	11.6
Italian	1,085	1.7
Lithuanian	27	0.0
Norwegian	316	0.5
Polish	475	0.7
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	89	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,701	2.6
Scottish	1,160	1.8
Slovak	84	0.1
Subsaharan African	414	0.6
Swedish	283	0.4
Swiss	102	0.2
Ukrainian	40	0.1
United States or American	10,650	16.3
Welsh	281	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	64	0.1
Other ancestries	12,203	18.6

(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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