Hughes County, SD Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hughes county south dakota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,081	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	309	7.6
Kindergarten	183	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,183	53.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,223	30.0
College or graduate school	183	4.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,853	100.0
Less than 9th grade	562	5.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	582	5.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,989	27.5
Some college, no degree	2,442	22.5
Associate degree	808	7.4
Bachelor's degree	2,616	24.1
Graduate or professional degree	854	7.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	32.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,733	100.0
Never married	2,731	21.4
Now married, except separated	7,822	61.4
Separated	92	0.7
Widowed	838	6.6
Female	732	5.7
Divorced	1,250	9.8
Female	702	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	102	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	41	40.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,911	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,790	15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,779	100.0
With a disability	247	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	8,913	100.0
With a disability	1,297	14.6
Percent employed	71.0	(X)
No disability	7,616	85.4
Percent employed	89.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,992	100.0
With a disability	806	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,403	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,866	57.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,389	41.5
Same county	2,946	19.1
Different county	3,443	22.4
Same state	2,254	14.6
Different state	1,189	7.7
Elsewhere in 1995	148	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,481	100.0
Native	16,271	98.7
Born in United States	16,218	98.4
State of residence	12,355	75.0
Different state	3,863	23.4
Born outside United States	53	0.3
Foreign born	210	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	112	0.7
Naturalized citizen	87	0.5
Not a citizen	123	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	210	100.0
Europe	62	29.5
Asia	69	32.9
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	60	28.6
Northern America	19	9.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,403	100.0
English only	14,715	95.5
Language other than English	688	4.5
Speak English less than 'very well	237	1.5
Spanish	272	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	108	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	243	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	80	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	41	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,481	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,768	113.9
Arab	22	0.1
Czech¹	517	3.1
Danish	506	3.1
Dutch	420	2.5
English	1,373	8.3
French (except Basque)¹	594	3.6
French Canadian¹	109	0.7
German	6,647	40.3
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	35	0.2
Irish¹	1,940	11.8
Italian	101	0.6
Lithuanian	10	0.1
Norwegian	2,242	13.6
Polish	200	1.2
Portuguese	12	0.1
Russian	169	1.0
Scotch-Irish	234	1.4
Scottish	297	1.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	18	0.1
Swedish	551	3.3
Swiss	112	0.7
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	591	3.6
Welsh	109	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,959	11.9

(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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