Faulkner County, AR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Faulkner county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	26,908	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,434	5.3
Kindergarten	1,121	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,348	38.5
High school (grades 9-12)	4,823	17.9
College or graduate school	9,182	34.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	50,849	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,418	4.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,050	11.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	15,914	31.3
Some college, no degree	11,539	22.7
Associate degree	2,108	4.1
Bachelor's degree	8,484	16.7
Graduate or professional degree	4,336	8.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	67,687	100.0
Never married	16,900	25.0
Now married, except separated	39,609	58.5
Separated	1,116	1.6
Widowed	3,159	4.7
Female	2,659	3.9
Divorced	6,903	10.2
Female	3,829	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,297	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	719	55.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	63,904	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,020	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	22,249	100.0
With a disability	2,023	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	49,498	100.0
With a disability	9,716	19.6
Percent employed	58.0	(X)
No disability	39,782	80.4
Percent employed	80.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,818	100.0
With a disability	3,879	49.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	80,153	100.0
Same house in 1995	36,550	45.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	42,829	53.4
Same county	19,186	23.9
Different county	23,643	29.5
Same state	15,840	19.8
Different state	7,803	9.7
Elsewhere in 1995	774	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	86,014	100.0
Native	84,586	98.3
Born in United States	84,005	97.7
State of residence	57,439	66.8
Different state	26,566	30.9
Born outside United States	581	0.7
Foreign born	1,428	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	791	0.9
Naturalized citizen	523	0.6
Not a citizen	905	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,428	100.0
Europe	247	17.3
Asia	392	27.5
Africa	126	8.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	609	42.6
Northern America	54	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	80,153	100.0
English only	76,937	96.0
Language other than English	3,216	4.0
Speak English less than 'very well	1,055	1.3
Spanish	2,033	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	761	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	613	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	71	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	374	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	166	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	86,014	100.0
Total ancestries reported	73,074	85.0
Arab	98	0.1
Czech¹	255	0.3
Danish	156	0.2
Dutch	1,198	1.4
English	8,468	9.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,761	2.0
French Canadian¹	399	0.5
German	10,363	12.0
Greek	66	0.1
Hungarian	94	0.1
Irish¹	9,335	10.9
Italian	1,359	1.6
Lithuanian	23	0.0
Norwegian	613	0.7
Polish	567	0.7
Portuguese	78	0.1
Russian	94	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,615	1.9
Scottish	1,471	1.7
Slovak	55	0.1
Subsaharan African	398	0.5
Swedish	513	0.6
Swiss	588	0.7
Ukrainian	58	0.1
United States or American	14,743	17.1
Welsh	456	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	48	0.1
Other ancestries	18,202	21.2

(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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