Douglas County, Nevada Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Douglas county nevada dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,499	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	690	6.6
Kindergarten	622	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,889	46.6
High school (grades 9-12)	2,374	22.6
College or graduate school	1,924	18.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,279	100.0
Less than 9th grade	579	2.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,888	6.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,794	26.6
Some college, no degree	9,906	33.8
Associate degree	2,332	8.0
Bachelor's degree	4,633	15.8
Graduate or professional degree	2,147	7.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,191	100.0
Never married	6,174	18.6
Now married, except separated	20,765	62.6
Separated	390	1.2
Widowed	1,666	5.0
Female	1,191	3.6
Divorced	4,196	12.6
Female	2,217	6.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	699	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	282	40.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,355	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,821	18.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,905	100.0
With a disability	554	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	23,849	100.0
With a disability	3,794	15.9
Percent employed	62.8	(X)
No disability	20,055	84.1
Percent employed	75.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,207	100.0
With a disability	2,276	36.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	39,164	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,152	48.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,544	49.9
Same county	6,631	16.9
Different county	12,913	33.0
Same state	2,463	6.3
Different state	10,450	26.7
Elsewhere in 1995	468	1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	41,259	100.0
Native	38,900	94.3
Born in United States	38,530	93.4
State of residence	6,525	15.8
Different state	32,005	77.6
Born outside United States	370	0.9
Foreign born	2,359	5.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	700	1.7
Naturalized citizen	1,173	2.8
Not a citizen	1,186	2.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,359	100.0
Europe	724	30.7
Asia	301	12.8
Africa	25	1.1
Oceania	55	2.3
Latin America	976	41.4
Northern America	278	11.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	39,164	100.0
English only	35,725	91.2
Language other than English	3,439	8.8
Speak English less than 'very well	1,456	3.7
Spanish	2,327	5.9
Speak English less than "very well"	1,182	3.0
Other Indo-European languages	731	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	129	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	214	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	108	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	41,259	100.0
Total ancestries reported	48,373	117.2
Arab	92	0.2
Czech¹	337	0.8
Danish	577	1.4
Dutch	838	2.0
English	6,734	16.3
French (except Basque)¹	1,792	4.3
French Canadian¹	428	1.0
German	8,972	21.7
Greek	105	0.3
Hungarian	197	0.5
Irish¹	6,048	14.7
Italian	3,096	7.5
Lithuanian	72	0.2
Norwegian	1,631	4.0
Polish	745	1.8
Portuguese	501	1.2
Russian	514	1.2
Scotch-Irish	1,232	3.0
Scottish	1,359	3.3
Slovak	67	0.2
Subsaharan African	13	0.0
Swedish	1,191	2.9
Swiss	429	1.0
Ukrainian	164	0.4
United States or American	1,922	4.7
Welsh	434	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	40	0.1
Other ancestries	8,843	21.4

(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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