Platte County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Platte county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,324	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,573	8.1
Kindergarten	1,125	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	8,565	44.3
High school (grades 9-12)	4,326	22.4
College or graduate school	3,735	19.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	48,721	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,116	2.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,899	6.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,928	26.5
Some college, no degree	12,431	25.5
Associate degree	3,117	6.4
Bachelor's degree	10,914	22.4
Graduate or professional degree	5,316	10.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	33.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	58,039	100.0
Never married	13,171	22.7
Now married, except separated	35,018	60.3
Separated	687	1.2
Widowed	2,557	4.4
Female	2,082	3.6
Divorced	6,606	11.4
Female	3,629	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	797	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	323	40.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	54,625	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,852	14.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	16,317	100.0
With a disability	1,164	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	45,495	100.0
With a disability	6,005	13.2
Percent employed	66.1	(X)
No disability	39,490	86.8
Percent employed	85.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,173	100.0
With a disability	2,522	40.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	68,717	100.0
Same house in 1995	33,899	49.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	33,740	49.1
Same county	10,952	15.9
Different county	22,788	33.2
Same state	12,129	17.7
Different state	10,659	15.5
Elsewhere in 1995	1,078	1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	73,781	100.0
Native	71,039	96.3
Born in United States	70,595	95.7
State of residence	37,163	50.4
Different state	33,432	45.3
Born outside United States	444	0.6
Foreign born	2,742	3.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,267	1.7
Naturalized citizen	1,175	1.6
Not a citizen	1,567	2.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,742	100.0
Europe	752	27.4
Asia	942	34.4
Africa	259	9.4
Oceania	46	1.7
Latin America	617	22.5
Northern America	126	4.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	68,717	100.0
English only	64,895	94.4
Language other than English	3,822	5.6
Speak English less than 'very well	1,457	2.1
Spanish	1,551	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	612	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	1,165	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	260	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	836	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	497	0.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	73,781	100.0
Total ancestries reported	76,046	103.1
Arab	178	0.2
Czech¹	572	0.8
Danish	337	0.5
Dutch	1,860	2.5
English	9,262	12.6
French (except Basque)¹	2,225	3.0
French Canadian¹	249	0.3
German	17,858	24.2
Greek	78	0.1
Hungarian	186	0.3
Irish¹	11,023	14.9
Italian	3,007	4.1
Lithuanian	54	0.1
Norwegian	1,083	1.5
Polish	1,618	2.2
Portuguese	30	0.0
Russian	301	0.4
Scotch-Irish	1,636	2.2
Scottish	2,015	2.7
Slovak	75	0.1
Subsaharan African	389	0.5
Swedish	1,251	1.7
Swiss	316	0.4
Ukrainian	113	0.2
United States or American	6,868	9.3
Welsh	843	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	93	0.1
Other ancestries	12,526	17.0

(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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