Cooper County, MO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cooper county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,281	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	279	6.5
Kindergarten	265	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,674	39.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,325	31.0
College or graduate school	738	17.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,545	100.0
Less than 9th grade	652	6.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,421	13.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,622	43.8
Some college, no degree	1,953	18.5
Associate degree	454	4.3
Bachelor's degree	957	9.1
Graduate or professional degree	486	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,540	100.0
Never married	3,488	25.8
Now married, except separated	7,542	55.7
Separated	170	1.3
Widowed	1,109	8.2
Female	890	6.6
Divorced	1,231	9.1
Female	590	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	211	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	126	59.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,858	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,620	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,444	100.0
With a disability	176	5.1

Population 21 to 64 years	8,014	100.0
With a disability	1,253	15.6
Percent employed	56.3	(X)
No disability	6,761	84.4
Percent employed	84.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,314	100.0
With a disability	963	41.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,688	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,438	53.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,921	44.1
Same county	3,195	20.4
Different county	3,726	23.8
Same state	2,808	17.9
Different state	918	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	329	2.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,670	100.0
Native	16,571	99.4
Born in United States	16,478	98.8
State of residence	13,122	78.7
Different state	3,356	20.1
Born outside United States	93	0.6
Foreign born	99	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	14	0.1
Naturalized citizen	69	0.4
Not a citizen	30	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	99	100.0
Europe	67	67.7
Asia	12	12.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	18	18.2
Northern America	2	2.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,688	100.0
English only	15,159	96.6
Language other than English	529	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	164	1.0
Spanish	229	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	68	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	238	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	75	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	32	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	14	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,670	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,188	91.1
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	68	0.4
Danish	41	0.2
Dutch	277	1.7
English	1,414	8.5
French (except Basque)¹	434	2.6
French Canadian¹	74	0.4
German	5,296	31.8
Greek	33	0.2
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	1,684	10.1
Italian	170	1.0
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	76	0.5
Polish	111	0.7
Portuguese	12	0.1
Russian	46	0.3
Scotch-Irish	204	1.2
Scottish	208	1.2
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	233	1.4
Swedish	132	0.8
Swiss	127	0.8
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,234	13.4
Welsh	97	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	2,199	13.2

(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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