Wayne County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wayne county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,743	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	120	4.4
Kindergarten	143	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,488	54.2
High school (grades 9-12)	770	28.1
College or graduate school	222	8.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,301	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,675	18.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,073	22.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,191	34.3
Some college, no degree	1,467	15.8
Associate degree	258	2.8
Bachelor's degree	458	4.9
Graduate or professional degree	179	1.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	59.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	6.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,805	100.0
Never married	1,714	15.9
Now married, except separated	6,556	60.7
Separated	264	2.4
Widowed	1,052	9.7
Female	867	8.0
Divorced	1,219	11.3
Female	560	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	324	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	166	51.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,174	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,817	17.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,822	100.0
With a disability	235	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	7,079	100.0
With a disability	1,980	28.0
Percent employed	31.5	(X)
No disability	5,099	72.0
Percent employed	68.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,531	100.0
With a disability	1,386	54.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,560	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,817	62.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,718	37.6
Same county	2,263	18.0
Different county	2,455	19.5
Same state	1,676	13.3
Different state	779	6.2
Elsewhere in 1995	25	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,259	100.0
Native	13,213	99.7
Born in United States	13,160	99.3
State of residence	10,217	77.1
Different state	2,943	22.2
Born outside United States	53	0.4
Foreign born	46	0.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	12	0.1
Naturalized citizen	13	0.1
Not a citizen	33	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	46	100.0
Europe	15	32.6
Asia	11	23.9
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	7	15.2
Northern America	13	28.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,560	100.0
English only	12,351	98.3
Language other than English	209	1.7
Speak English less than 'very well	57	0.5
Spanish	102	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	47	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	97	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	6	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	1	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,259	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,639	80.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	25	0.2
Danish	14	0.1
Dutch	315	2.4
English	1,184	8.9
French (except Basque)¹	348	2.6
French Canadian¹	28	0.2
German	1,590	12.0
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	29	0.2
Irish¹	1,687	12.7
Italian	217	1.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	43	0.3
Polish	85	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	178	1.3
Scottish	95	0.7
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	65	0.5
Swiss	7	0.1
Ukrainian	17	0.1
United States or American	2,685	20.3
Welsh	28	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,999	15.1

(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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