Shelby County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Shelby county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school7,538100.0
Nursery school, preschool4906.5
Kindergarten4035.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,79850.4
High school (grades 9-12)2,02726.9
College or graduate school82010.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over22,096100.0
Less than 9th grade1,7608.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,85612.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,62734.5
Some college, no degree4,47420.2
Associate degree1,2545.7
Bachelor's degree2,47611.2
Graduate or professional degree1,6497.5
Percent high school graduate or higher79.1(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher18.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over26,408100.0
Never married5,73621.7
Now married, except separated15,94360.4
Separated2841.1
Widowed1,9427.4
Female
1,5996.1
Divorced2,5039.5
Female
1,3185.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years558100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren22941.0
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over24,827100.0
Civilian veterans2,88311.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,309100.0
With a disability4506.2
Population 21 to 64 years19,257100.0
With a disability3,12516.2
Percent employed
62.1(X)
No disability16,13283.8
Percent employed
82.2(X)
Population 65 years and over3,278100.0
With a disability1,62949.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over30,945100.0
Same house in 199515,17449.0
Different house in the U.S. in 199514,91748.2
Same county
7,02422.7
Different county
7,89325.5
Same state
5,64418.2
Different state
2,2497.3
Elsewhere in 19958542.8
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population33,337100.0
Native32,05396.1
Born in United States
31,89995.7
State of residence
25,86577.6
Different state
6,03418.1
Born outside United States
1540.5
Foreign born1,2843.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,0093.0
Naturalized citizen
2230.7
Not a citizen
1,0613.2
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,284100.0
Europe14411.2
Asia453.5
Africa110.9
Oceania00.0
Latin America1,06482.9
Northern America201.6
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over30,945100.0
English only29,22794.4
Language other than English1,7185.6
Speak English less than 'very well
9983.2
Spanish
1,4394.7
Speak English less than "very well"
9223.0
Other Indo-European languages
1930.6
Speak English less than "very well"
380.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
660.2
Speak English less than "very well"
300.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population33,337100.0

Total ancestries reported

26,39679.2
Arab750.2
Czech1190.1
Danish810.2
Dutch3391.0
English3,61610.8
French (except Basque)14471.3
French Canadian1330.1
German4,42813.3
Greek250.1
Hungarian160.0
Irish13,59410.8
Italian4911.5
Lithuanian00.0
Norwegian800.2
Polish2100.6
Portuguese20.0
Russian410.1
Scotch-Irish6061.8
Scottish5991.8
Slovak200.1
Subsaharan African2290.7
Swedish1160.3
Swiss860.3
Ukrainian00.0
United States or American5,18315.5
Welsh2230.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)190.1
Other ancestries5,81817.5
(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


More census articles:

Sources +