Greene County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greene county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,654	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	623	7.2
Kindergarten	473	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,358	50.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,967	22.7
College or graduate school	1,233	14.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,510	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,795	11.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,053	16.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,940	40.6
Some college, no degree	4,350	17.7
Associate degree	702	2.9
Bachelor's degree	1,822	7.4
Graduate or professional degree	848	3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,516	100.0
Never married	4,838	16.4
Now married, except separated	18,278	61.9
Separated	639	2.2
Widowed	2,388	8.1
Female	2,135	7.2
Divorced	3,373	11.4
Female	1,725	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	674	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	386	57.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,965	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,732	13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,292	100.0
With a disability	867	10.5

Population 21 to 64 years	21,136	100.0
With a disability	5,532	26.2
Percent employed	51.7	(X)
No disability	15,604	73.8
Percent employed	79.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,944	100.0
With a disability	2,606	52.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,826	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,377	52.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,300	46.8
Same county	9,899	28.4
Different county	6,401	18.4
Same state	3,418	9.8
Different state	2,983	8.6
Elsewhere in 1995	149	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,331	100.0
Native	37,128	99.5
Born in United States	37,007	99.1
State of residence	26,555	71.1
Different state	10,452	28.0
Born outside United States	121	0.3
Foreign born	203	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	90	0.2
Naturalized citizen	98	0.3
Not a citizen	105	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	203	100.0
Europe	48	23.6
Asia	26	12.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	123	60.6
Northern America	6	3.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,826	100.0
English only	34,145	98.0
Language other than English	681	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	238	0.7
Spanish	370	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	139	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	258	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	67	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	39	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,331	100.0
Total ancestries reported	25,828	69.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	11	0.0
Danish	45	0.1
Dutch	636	1.7
English	2,690	7.2
French (except Basque)¹	547	1.5
French Canadian¹	99	0.3
German	3,064	8.2
Greek	8	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	3,724	10.0
Italian	269	0.7
Lithuanian	10	0.0
Norwegian	138	0.4
Polish	130	0.3
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	20	0.1
Scotch-Irish	472	1.3
Scottish	220	0.6
Slovak	11	0.0
Subsaharan African	11	0.0
Swedish	156	0.4
Swiss	44	0.1
Ukrainian	7	0.0
United States or American	8,023	21.5
Welsh	106	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	5,379	14.4

(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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