Conway County, AR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Conway county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,962	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	373	7.5
Kindergarten	257	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,397	48.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,223	24.6
College or graduate school	712	14.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,480	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,419	10.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,198	16.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,579	41.4
Some college, no degree	2,336	17.3
Associate degree	393	2.9
Bachelor's degree	939	7.0
Graduate or professional degree	616	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,143	100.0
Never married	3,165	19.6
Now married, except separated	9,709	60.1
Separated	256	1.6
Widowed	1,406	8.7
Female	1,133	7.0
Divorced	1,607	10.0
Female	885	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	435	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	285	65.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,137	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,120	14.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,679	100.0
With a disability	426	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	11,083	100.0
With a disability	2,900	26.2
Percent employed	41.8	(X)
No disability	8,183	73.8
Percent employed	76.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,025	100.0
With a disability	1,627	53.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,055	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,761	61.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,149	37.5
Same county	3,611	19.0
Different county	3,538	18.6
Same state	2,411	12.7
Different state	1,127	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	145	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,336	100.0
Native	20,082	98.8
Born in United States	20,014	98.4
State of residence	15,613	76.8
Different state	4,401	21.6
Born outside United States	68	0.3
Foreign born	254	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	168	0.8
Naturalized citizen	69	0.3
Not a citizen	185	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	254	100.0
Europe	14	5.5
Asia	44	17.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	196	77.2
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,055	100.0
English only	18,495	97.1
Language other than English	560	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	218	1.1
Spanish	443	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	175	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	65	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	43	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,336	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,511	81.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	32	0.2
Danish	52	0.3
Dutch	254	1.2
English	1,404	6.9
French (except Basque)¹	547	2.7
French Canadian¹	35	0.2
German	2,155	10.6
Greek	15	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,924	9.5
Italian	439	2.2
Lithuanian	11	0.1
Norwegian	59	0.3
Polish	75	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	30	0.1
Scotch-Irish	234	1.2
Scottish	233	1.1
Slovak	18	0.1
Subsaharan African	131	0.6
Swedish	63	0.3
Swiss	250	1.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,702	18.2
Welsh	59	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	11	0.1
Other ancestries	4,778	23.5

(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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