Barton County, MO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Barton county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,959	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	224	7.6
Kindergarten	201	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,512	51.1
High school (grades 9-12)	733	24.8
College or graduate school	289	9.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,070	100.0
Less than 9th grade	668	8.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,163	14.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,474	43.0
Some college, no degree	1,596	19.8
Associate degree	315	3.9
Bachelor's degree	544	6.7
Graduate or professional degree	310	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,731	100.0
Never married	1,839	18.9
Now married, except separated	5,824	59.8
Separated	156	1.6
Widowed	860	8.8
Female	714	7.3
Divorced	1,052	10.8
Female	552	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	154	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	96	62.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,091	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,256	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,930	100.0
With a disability	197	6.7

Population 21 to 64 years	6,528	100.0
With a disability	1,192	18.3
Percent employed	54.4	(X)
No disability	5,336	81.7
Percent employed	83.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,956	100.0
With a disability	813	41.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,578	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,685	57.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,873	42.1
Same county	2,523	21.8
Different county	2,350	20.3
Same state	1,307	11.3
Different state	1,043	9.0
Elsewhere in 1995	20	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,541	100.0
Native	12,452	99.3
Born in United States	12,406	98.9
State of residence	8,382	66.8
Different state	4,024	32.1
Born outside United States	46	0.4
Foreign born	89	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	32	0.3
Naturalized citizen	32	0.3
Not a citizen	57	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	89	100.0
Europe	27	30.3
Asia	20	22.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	33	37.1
Northern America	9	10.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,578	100.0
English only	11,259	97.2
Language other than English	319	2.8
Speak English less than 'very well	117	1.0
Spanish	140	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	135	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	35	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	21	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,541	100.0
Total ancestries reported	11,084	88.4
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	18	0.1
Danish	23	0.2
Dutch	328	2.6
English	1,337	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	367	2.9
French Canadian¹	40	0.3
German	2,741	21.9
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,512	12.1
Italian	263	2.1
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	61	0.5
Polish	105	0.8
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	7	0.1
Scotch-Irish	255	2.0
Scottish	123	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	5	0.0
Swedish	86	0.7
Swiss	90	0.7
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,128	17.0
Welsh	47	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,542	12.3

(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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