Trigg County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Trigg county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,654	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	154	5.8
Kindergarten	135	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,392	52.4
High school (grades 9-12)	574	21.6
College or graduate school	399	15.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,897	100.0
Less than 9th grade	941	10.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,537	17.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,269	36.7
Some college, no degree	1,620	18.2
Associate degree	463	5.2
Bachelor's degree	564	6.3
Graduate or professional degree	503	5.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,175	100.0
Never married	1,443	14.2
Now married, except separated	6,602	64.9
Separated	176	1.7
Widowed	867	8.5
Female	692	6.8
Divorced	1,087	10.7
Female	571	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	208	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	109	52.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,602	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,612	16.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,433	100.0
With a disability	233	9.6

Population 21 to 64 years	7,090	100.0
With a disability	1,962	27.7
Percent employed	57.2	(X)
No disability	5,128	72.3
Percent employed	75.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,067	100.0
With a disability	989	47.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,843	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,190	60.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,517	38.1
Same county	2,039	17.2
Different county	2,478	20.9
Same state	1,035	8.7
Different state	1,443	12.2
Elsewhere in 1995	136	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,597	100.0
Native	12,492	99.2
Born in United States	12,380	98.3
State of residence	8,170	64.9
Different state	4,210	33.4
Born outside United States	112	0.9
Foreign born	105	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	52	0.4
Naturalized citizen	36	0.3
Not a citizen	69	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	105	100.0
Europe	37	35.2
Asia	31	29.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	14	13.3
Latin America	20	19.0
Northern America	3	2.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,843	100.0
English only	11,404	96.3
Language other than English	439	3.7
Speak English less than 'very well	207	1.7
Spanish	200	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	100	0.8
Other Indo-European languages	209	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	88	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	30	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,597	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,361	90.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	40	0.3
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	191	1.5
English	1,702	13.5
French (except Basque)¹	194	1.5
French Canadian¹	3	0.0
German	1,504	11.9
Greek	15	0.1
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	1,626	12.9
Italian	90	0.7
Lithuanian	47	0.4
Norwegian	27	0.2
Polish	131	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	18	0.1
Scotch-Irish	224	1.8
Scottish	222	1.8
Slovak	14	0.1
Subsaharan African	9	0.1
Swedish	19	0.2
Swiss	5	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,645	21.0
Welsh	24	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,605	20.7

(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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