Clay County, NE Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Clay county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

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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