Union County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Union county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,194	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	661	5.9
Kindergarten	643	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,582	49.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,881	25.7
College or graduate school	1,427	12.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,986	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,544	8.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,099	17.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,648	35.5
Some college, no degree	5,976	19.9
Associate degree	1,252	4.2
Bachelor's degree	3,191	10.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,276	4.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	74.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,034	100.0
Never married	7,897	21.9
Now married, except separated	19,736	54.8
Separated	971	2.7
Widowed	3,322	9.2
Female	2,828	7.8
Divorced	4,108	11.4
Female	2,272	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,217	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	640	52.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,789	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,305	12.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,830	100.0
With a disability	1,035	9.6

Population 21 to 64 years	24,362	100.0
With a disability	5,935	24.4
Percent employed	46.4	(X)
No disability	18,427	75.6
Percent employed	75.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,749	100.0
With a disability	3,609	53.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	42,828	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,940	60.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,398	38.3
Same county	11,258	26.3
Different county	5,140	12.0
Same state	2,426	5.7
Different state	2,714	6.3
Elsewhere in 1995	490	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	45,629	100.0
Native	45,094	98.8
Born in United States	44,895	98.4
State of residence	34,135	74.8
Different state	10,760	23.6
Born outside United States	199	0.4
Foreign born	535	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	265	0.6
Naturalized citizen	161	0.4
Not a citizen	374	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	535	100.0
Europe	118	22.1
Asia	156	29.2
Africa	17	3.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	231	43.2
Northern America	13	2.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	42,828	100.0
English only	41,754	97.5
Language other than English	1,074	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	414	1.0
Spanish	702	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	244	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	234	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	73	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	113	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	94	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	45,629	100.0
Total ancestries reported	34,946	76.6
Arab	43	0.1
Czech¹	34	0.1
Danish	58	0.1
Dutch	395	0.9
English	2,968	6.5
French (except Basque)¹	737	1.6
French Canadian¹	125	0.3
German	1,943	4.3
Greek	18	0.0
Hungarian	11	0.0
Irish¹	3,712	8.1
Italian	296	0.6
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	92	0.2
Polish	92	0.2
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	2	0.0
Scotch-Irish	887	1.9
Scottish	421	0.9
Slovak	1	0.0
Subsaharan African	362	0.8
Swedish	130	0.3
Swiss	57	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	6,575	14.4
Welsh	107	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	15,870	34.8

(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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