Drew County, AR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Drew county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,425	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	308	5.7
Kindergarten	231	4.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,259	41.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,143	21.1
College or graduate school	1,484	27.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,553	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,155	10.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,958	16.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,966	34.3
Some college, no degree	2,152	18.6
Associate degree	328	2.8
Bachelor's degree	1,436	12.4
Graduate or professional degree	558	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,780	100.0
Never married	3,646	24.7
Now married, except separated	8,076	54.6
Separated	280	1.9
Widowed	1,236	8.4
Female	982	6.6
Divorced	1,542	10.4
Female	815	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	402	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	246	61.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,899	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,742	12.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,582	100.0
With a disability	347	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	10,329	100.0
With a disability	2,208	21.4
Percent employed	45.9	(X)
No disability	8,121	78.6
Percent employed	75.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,401	100.0
With a disability	1,304	54.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,467	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,752	55.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,630	43.7
Same county	3,922	22.5
Different county	3,708	21.2
Same state	2,455	14.1
Different state	1,253	7.2
Elsewhere in 1995	85	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,723	100.0
Native	18,445	98.5
Born in United States	18,394	98.2
State of residence	14,755	78.8
Different state	3,639	19.4
Born outside United States	51	0.3
Foreign born	278	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	138	0.7
Naturalized citizen	59	0.3
Not a citizen	219	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	278	100.0
Europe	56	20.1
Asia	38	13.7
Africa	5	1.8
Oceania	5	1.8
Latin America	157	56.5
Northern America	17	6.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,467	100.0
English only	16,905	96.8
Language other than English	562	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	253	1.4
Spanish	433	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	205	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	52	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	35	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	14	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,723	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,184	81.1
Arab	9	0.0
Czech¹	4	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	183	1.0
English	1,290	6.9
French (except Basque)¹	347	1.9
French Canadian¹	72	0.4
German	953	5.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,639	8.8
Italian	291	1.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	14	0.1
Polish	19	0.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	10	0.1
Scotch-Irish	375	2.0
Scottish	222	1.2
Slovak	18	0.1
Subsaharan African	132	0.7
Swedish	95	0.5
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	38	0.2
United States or American	2,926	15.6
Welsh	23	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	19	0.1
Other ancestries	6,505	34.7

(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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