Cape Girardeau County, MO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cape girardeau county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,596	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,086	5.5
Kindergarten	831	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,723	39.4
High school (grades 9-12)	3,449	17.6
College or graduate school	6,507	33.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	43,440	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,203	7.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,009	11.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,447	33.3
Some college, no degree	8,683	20.0
Associate degree	1,583	3.6
Bachelor's degree	7,138	16.4
Graduate or professional degree	3,377	7.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	24.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	55,413	100.0
Never married	14,511	26.2
Now married, except separated	31,066	56.1
Separated	678	1.2
Widowed	4,001	7.2
Female	3,323	6.0
Divorced	5,157	9.3
Female	3,041	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	795	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	392	49.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	52,544	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,958	13.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	16,502	100.0
With a disability	1,420	8.6

Population 21 to 64 years	38,461	100.0
With a disability	5,544	14.4
Percent employed	52.0	(X)
No disability	32,917	85.6
Percent employed	82.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,548	100.0
With a disability	3,301	38.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	64,678	100.0
Same house in 1995	33,412	51.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	30,534	47.2
Same county	16,936	26.2
Different county	13,598	21.0
Same state	7,631	11.8
Different state	5,967	9.2
Elsewhere in 1995	732	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	68,693	100.0
Native	67,780	98.7
Born in United States	67,366	98.1
State of residence	50,736	73.9
Different state	16,630	24.2
Born outside United States	414	0.6
Foreign born	913	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	508	0.7
Naturalized citizen	363	0.5
Not a citizen	550	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	913	100.0
Europe	332	36.4
Asia	389	42.6
Africa	26	2.8
Oceania	8	0.9
Latin America	119	13.0
Northern America	39	4.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	64,678	100.0
English only	62,540	96.7
Language other than English	2,138	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	573	0.9
Spanish	784	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	235	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,079	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	227	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	232	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	105	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	68,693	100.0
Total ancestries reported	61,601	89.7
Arab	17	0.0
Czech¹	246	0.4
Danish	176	0.3
Dutch	1,409	2.1
English	5,100	7.4
French (except Basque)¹	2,352	3.4
French Canadian¹	127	0.2
German	21,389	31.1
Greek	95	0.1
Hungarian	121	0.2
Irish¹	7,042	10.3
Italian	1,221	1.8
Lithuanian	41	0.1
Norwegian	319	0.5
Polish	831	1.2
Portuguese	16	0.0
Russian	65	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,017	1.5
Scottish	948	1.4
Slovak	65	0.1
Subsaharan African	181	0.3
Swedish	396	0.6
Swiss	205	0.3
Ukrainian	26	0.0
United States or American	8,603	12.5
Welsh	332	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	9,254	13.5

(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

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