Cole County, MO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cole county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	18,439	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,135	6.2
Kindergarten	924	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,767	42.1
High school (grades 9-12)	4,184	22.7
College or graduate school	4,429	24.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	47,339	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,762	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,182	8.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	15,144	32.0
Some college, no degree	9,888	20.9
Associate degree	2,383	5.0
Bachelor's degree	8,639	18.2
Graduate or professional degree	4,341	9.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	56,974	100.0
Never married	14,681	25.8
Now married, except separated	31,191	54.7
Separated	978	1.7
Widowed	3,319	5.8
Female	2,690	4.7
Divorced	6,805	11.9
Female	3,085	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	648	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	330	50.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	53,999	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,888	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	15,468	100.0
With a disability	1,233	8.0

Population 21 to 64 years	38,348	100.0
With a disability	5,941	15.5
Percent employed	63.6	(X)
No disability	32,407	84.5
Percent employed	87.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,644	100.0
With a disability	3,051	39.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	66,644	100.0
Same house in 1995	35,003	52.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	30,917	46.4
Same county	15,794	23.7
Different county	15,123	22.7
Same state	10,472	15.7
Different state	4,651	7.0
Elsewhere in 1995	724	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	71,397	100.0
Native	69,827	97.8
Born in United States	69,406	97.2
State of residence	53,955	75.6
Different state	15,451	21.6
Born outside United States	421	0.6
Foreign born	1,570	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	920	1.3
Naturalized citizen	550	0.8
Not a citizen	1,020	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,570	100.0
Europe	284	18.1
Asia	559	35.6
Africa	232	14.8
Oceania	5	0.3
Latin America	414	26.4
Northern America	76	4.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	66,644	100.0
English only	63,611	95.4
Language other than English	3,033	4.6
Speak English less than 'very well	1,124	1.7
Spanish	1,274	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	614	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	1,031	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	245	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	342	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	142	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	71,397	100.0
Total ancestries reported	70,258	98.4
Arab	204	0.3
Czech¹	160	0.2
Danish	198	0.3
Dutch	1,102	1.5
English	6,498	9.1
French (except Basque)¹	2,336	3.3
French Canadian¹	175	0.2
German	25,537	35.8
Greek	67	0.1
Hungarian	110	0.2
Irish¹	7,203	10.1
Italian	1,203	1.7
Lithuanian	34	0.0
Norwegian	576	0.8
Polish	645	0.9
Portuguese	28	0.0
Russian	147	0.2
Scotch-Irish	817	1.1
Scottish	1,244	1.7
Slovak	34	0.0
Subsaharan African	640	0.9
Swedish	545	0.8
Swiss	411	0.6
Ukrainian	40	0.1
United States or American	7,461	10.5
Welsh	487	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	123	0.2
Other ancestries	12,233	17.1

(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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