Clay County, NE Social Statistics
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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Clay county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics
| Number | Percent |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 1,891 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 130 | 6.9 |
Kindergarten | 79 | 4.2 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 930 | 49.2 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 559 | 29.6 |
College or graduate school | 193 | 10.2 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 4,685 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 276 | 5.9 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 348 | 7.4 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 1,751 | 37.4 |
Some college, no degree | 1,164 | 24.8 |
Associate degree | 389 | 8.3 |
Bachelor's degree | 515 | 11.0 |
Graduate or professional degree | 242 | 5.2 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 86.7 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 16.2 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 5,520 | 100.0 |
Never married | 1,018 | 18.4 |
Now married, except separated | 3,657 | 66.3 |
Separated | 41 | 0.7 |
Widowed | 485 | 8.8 |
Female | 384 | 7.0 |
Divorced | 319 | 5.8 |
Female | 154 | 2.8 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 85 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 52 | 61.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 5,105 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 764 | 15.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 1,755 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 108 | 6.2 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 3,590 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 551 | 15.3 |
Percent employed | 64.4 | (X) |
No disability | 3,039 | 84.7 |
Percent employed | 84.9 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 1,183 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 463 | 39.1 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 6,635 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 4,336 | 65.4 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 2,246 | 33.9 |
Same county | 968 | 14.6 |
Different county | 1,278 | 19.3 |
Same state | 902 | 13.6 |
Different state | 376 | 5.7 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 53 | 0.8 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 7,039 | 100.0 |
Native | 6,859 | 97.4 |
Born in United States | 6,825 | 97.0 |
State of residence | 5,576 | 79.2 |
Different state | 1,249 | 17.7 |
Born outside United States | 34 | 0.5 |
Foreign born | 180 | 2.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 110 | 1.6 |
Naturalized citizen | 61 | 0.9 |
Not a citizen | 119 | 1.7 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 180 | 100.0 |
Europe | 22 | 12.2 |
Asia | 16 | 8.9 |
Africa | 0 | 0.0 |
Oceania | 4 | 2.2 |
Latin America | 136 | 75.6 |
Northern America | 2 | 1.1 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 6,635 | 100.0 |
English only | 6,211 | 93.6 |
Language other than English | 424 | 6.4 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 195 | 2.9 |
Spanish | 230 | 3.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 133 | 2.0 |
Other Indo-European languages | 181 | 2.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 57 | 0.9 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 9 | 0.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 5 | 0.1 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 7,039 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 7,532 | 107.0 |
Arab | 35 | 0.5 |
Czech1 | 384 | 5.5 |
Danish | 170 | 2.4 |
Dutch | 138 | 2.0 |
English | 582 | 8.3 |
French (except Basque)1 | 156 | 2.2 |
French Canadian1 | 34 | 0.5 |
German | 3,303 | 46.9 |
Greek | 0 | 0.0 |
Hungarian | 14 | 0.2 |
Irish1 | 610 | 8.7 |
Italian | 57 | 0.8 |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0 |
Norwegian | 152 | 2.2 |
Polish | 125 | 1.8 |
Portuguese | 3 | 0.0 |
Russian | 109 | 1.5 |
Scotch-Irish | 87 | 1.2 |
Scottish | 76 | 1.1 |
Slovak | 2 | 0.0 |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.0 |
Swedish | 476 | 6.8 |
Swiss | 50 | 0.7 |
Ukrainian | 0 | 0.0 |
United States or American | 393 | 5.6 |
Welsh | 51 | 0.7 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 1 | 0.0 |
Other ancestries | 524 | 7.4 |
(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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