Monroe County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Monroe county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,564	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	138	5.4
Kindergarten	155	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,400	54.6
High school (grades 9-12)	663	25.9
College or graduate school	208	8.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	6,602	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,012	15.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,379	20.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,520	38.2
Some college, no degree	921	14.0
Associate degree	213	3.2
Bachelor's degree	358	5.4
Graduate or professional degree	199	3.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	7,917	100.0
Never married	1,799	22.7
Now married, except separated	4,147	52.4
Separated	209	2.6
Widowed	1,005	12.7
Female	814	10.3
Divorced	757	9.6
Female	430	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	309	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	209	67.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	7,365	100.0
Civilian veterans	891	12.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,516	100.0
With a disability	256	10.2

Population 21 to 64 years	5,156	100.0
With a disability	1,430	27.7
Percent employed	51.0	(X)
No disability	3,726	72.3
Percent employed	69.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,734	100.0
With a disability	954	55.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	9,541	100.0
Same house in 1995	5,837	61.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,659	38.4
Same county	2,275	23.8
Different county	1,384	14.5
Same state	918	9.6
Different state	466	4.9
Elsewhere in 1995	45	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	10,254	100.0
Native	10,198	99.5
Born in United States	10,188	99.4
State of residence	8,624	84.1
Different state	1,564	15.3
Born outside United States	10	0.1
Foreign born	56	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	46	0.4
Naturalized citizen	10	0.1
Not a citizen	46	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	56	100.0
Europe	17	30.4
Asia	2	3.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	37	66.1
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	9,541	100.0
English only	9,317	97.7
Language other than English	224	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	69	0.7
Spanish	150	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	58	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	64	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	9	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	7	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	10,254	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,797	76.0
Arab	20	0.2
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	72	0.7
English	297	2.9
French (except Basque)¹	115	1.1
French Canadian¹	10	0.1
German	428	4.2
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	588	5.7
Italian	72	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	0	0.0
Polish	8	0.1
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	58	0.6
Scottish	65	0.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	21	0.2
Swedish	37	0.4
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,891	18.4
Welsh	18	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.1
Other ancestries	4,090	39.9

(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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