McDonald County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mcdonald county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,135	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	306	6.0
Kindergarten	405	7.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,870	55.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,172	22.8
College or graduate school	382	7.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,418	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,498	11.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,608	19.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,167	38.5
Some college, no degree	2,576	19.2
Associate degree	627	4.7
Bachelor's degree	675	5.0
Graduate or professional degree	267	2.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	69.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	7.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,433	100.0
Never married	3,085	18.8
Now married, except separated	9,868	60.0
Separated	465	2.8
Widowed	1,010	6.1
Female	793	4.8
Divorced	2,005	12.2
Female	970	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	393	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	187	47.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,423	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,125	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,417	100.0
With a disability	352	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	12,119	100.0
With a disability	2,636	21.8
Percent employed	51.2	(X)
No disability	9,483	78.2
Percent employed	76.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,340	100.0
With a disability	1,142	48.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,003	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,859	49.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,668	48.3
Same county	4,123	20.6
Different county	5,545	27.7
Same state	1,435	7.2
Different state	4,110	20.5
Elsewhere in 1995	476	2.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,681	100.0
Native	20,466	94.4
Born in United States	20,319	93.7
State of residence	7,220	33.3
Different state	13,099	60.4
Born outside United States	147	0.7
Foreign born	1,215	5.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	775	3.6
Naturalized citizen	213	1.0
Not a citizen	1,002	4.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,215	100.0
Europe	82	6.7
Asia	44	3.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	10	0.8
Latin America	1,063	87.5
Northern America	16	1.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,003	100.0
English only	18,124	90.6
Language other than English	1,879	9.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,153	5.8
Spanish	1,689	8.4
Speak English less than "very well"	1,116	5.6
Other Indo-European languages	124	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,681	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,696	86.2
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	29	0.1
Danish	27	0.1
Dutch	496	2.3
English	1,474	6.8
French (except Basque)¹	519	2.4
French Canadian¹	65	0.3
German	2,374	10.9
Greek	25	0.1
Hungarian	8	0.0
Irish¹	2,400	11.1
Italian	233	1.1
Lithuanian	17	0.1
Norwegian	73	0.3
Polish	114	0.5
Portuguese	32	0.1
Russian	23	0.1
Scotch-Irish	340	1.6
Scottish	345	1.6
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	12	0.1
Swedish	142	0.7
Swiss	35	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,205	19.4
Welsh	109	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	39	0.2
Other ancestries	5,550	25.6

(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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