Garland County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Garland county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	18,185	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,201	6.6
Kindergarten	852	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,065	49.8
High school (grades 9-12)	4,336	23.8
College or graduate school	2,731	15.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	62,694	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,411	7.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,198	14.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	20,538	32.8
Some college, no degree	14,492	23.1
Associate degree	2,792	4.5
Bachelor's degree	7,327	11.7
Graduate or professional degree	3,936	6.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	72,558	100.0
Never married	12,354	17.0
Now married, except separated	42,551	58.6
Separated	1,287	1.8
Widowed	6,554	9.0
Female	5,345	7.4
Divorced	9,812	13.5
Female	5,568	7.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,830	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	986	53.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	69,053	100.0
Civilian veterans	12,112	17.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	16,713	100.0
With a disability	1,654	9.9

Population 21 to 64 years	46,890	100.0
With a disability	11,426	24.4
Percent employed	51.0	(X)
No disability	35,464	75.6
Percent employed	75.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	18,187	100.0
With a disability	7,448	41.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	83,249	100.0
Same house in 1995	43,785	52.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	38,669	46.4
Same county	19,774	23.8
Different county	18,895	22.7
Same state	8,201	9.9
Different state	10,694	12.8
Elsewhere in 1995	795	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	88,068	100.0
Native	85,754	97.4
Born in United States	85,358	96.9
State of residence	48,960	55.6
Different state	36,398	41.3
Born outside United States	396	0.4
Foreign born	2,314	2.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	771	0.9
Naturalized citizen	1,185	1.3
Not a citizen	1,129	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,314	100.0
Europe	1,112	48.1
Asia	280	12.1
Africa	14	0.6
Oceania	56	2.4
Latin America	715	30.9
Northern America	137	5.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	83,249	100.0
English only	79,214	95.2
Language other than English	4,035	4.8
Speak English less than 'very well	1,670	2.0
Spanish	2,166	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	1,037	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	1,493	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	504	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	279	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	114	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	88,068	100.0
Total ancestries reported	79,304	90.0
Arab	64	0.1
Czech¹	422	0.5
Danish	199	0.2
Dutch	2,062	2.3
English	9,761	11.1
French (except Basque)¹	2,493	2.8
French Canadian¹	448	0.5
German	11,740	13.3
Greek	134	0.2
Hungarian	127	0.1
Irish¹	10,889	12.4
Italian	1,309	1.5
Lithuanian	159	0.2
Norwegian	870	1.0
Polish	926	1.1
Portuguese	27	0.0
Russian	168	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,289	2.6
Scottish	1,733	2.0
Slovak	44	0.0
Subsaharan African	345	0.4
Swedish	636	0.7
Swiss	122	0.1
Ukrainian	62	0.1
United States or American	12,673	14.4
Welsh	623	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	72	0.1
Other ancestries	18,907	21.5

(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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