Sharp County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sharp county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,404	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	239	7.0
Kindergarten	214	6.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,690	49.6
High school (grades 9-12)	870	25.6
College or graduate school	391	11.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,294	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,366	11.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,962	16.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,713	38.3
Some college, no degree	2,530	20.6
Associate degree	462	3.8
Bachelor's degree	870	7.1
Graduate or professional degree	391	3.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,091	100.0
Never married	1,886	13.4
Now married, except separated	9,027	64.1
Separated	208	1.5
Widowed	1,421	10.1
Female	1,173	8.3
Divorced	1,549	11.0
Female	788	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	349	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	215	61.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,394	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,516	18.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,308	100.0
With a disability	357	10.8

Population 21 to 64 years	8,764	100.0
With a disability	2,649	30.2
Percent employed	39.1	(X)
No disability	6,115	69.8
Percent employed	69.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,879	100.0
With a disability	1,804	46.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,147	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,143	56.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,981	43.2
Same county	2,449	15.2
Different county	4,532	28.1
Same state	2,562	15.9
Different state	1,970	12.2
Elsewhere in 1995	23	0.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,119	100.0
Native	16,986	99.2
Born in United States	16,932	98.9
State of residence	9,473	55.3
Different state	7,459	43.6
Born outside United States	54	0.3
Foreign born	133	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	21	0.1
Naturalized citizen	88	0.5
Not a citizen	45	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	133	100.0
Europe	54	40.6
Asia	33	24.8
Africa	6	4.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	13	9.8
Northern America	27	20.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,147	100.0
English only	15,780	97.7
Language other than English	367	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	107	0.7
Spanish	209	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	73	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	116	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,119	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,962	87.4
Arab	7	0.0
Czech¹	61	0.4
Danish	44	0.3
Dutch	374	2.2
English	2,008	11.7
French (except Basque)¹	480	2.8
French Canadian¹	96	0.6
German	2,435	14.2
Greek	18	0.1
Hungarian	18	0.1
Irish¹	2,183	12.8
Italian	228	1.3
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	131	0.8
Polish	170	1.0
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	54	0.3
Scotch-Irish	368	2.1
Scottish	279	1.6
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	11	0.1
Swedish	212	1.2
Swiss	49	0.3
Ukrainian	17	0.1
United States or American	3,432	20.0
Welsh	96	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,175	12.7

(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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