Yell County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Yell county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,761	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	260	5.5
Kindergarten	360	7.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,515	52.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,187	24.9
College or graduate school	439	9.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,659	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,162	15.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,741	20.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,874	35.7
Some college, no degree	2,146	15.7
Associate degree	246	1.8
Bachelor's degree	979	7.2
Graduate or professional degree	511	3.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,643	100.0
Never married	2,968	17.8
Now married, except separated	10,154	61.0
Separated	416	2.5
Widowed	1,287	7.7
Female	1,118	6.7
Divorced	1,818	10.9
Female	954	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	393	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	199	50.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,661	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,966	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,007	100.0
With a disability	461	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	11,536	100.0
With a disability	3,043	26.4
Percent employed	50.8	(X)
No disability	8,493	73.6
Percent employed	75.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,892	100.0
With a disability	1,661	57.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,769	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,206	51.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,889	45.0
Same county	4,516	22.8
Different county	4,373	22.1
Same state	2,442	12.4
Different state	1,931	9.8
Elsewhere in 1995	674	3.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,139	100.0
Native	18,992	89.8
Born in United States	18,895	89.4
State of residence	13,319	63.0
Different state	5,576	26.4
Born outside United States	97	0.5
Foreign born	2,147	10.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,340	6.3
Naturalized citizen	332	1.6
Not a citizen	1,815	8.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,147	100.0
Europe	121	5.6
Asia	118	5.5
Africa	3	0.1
Oceania	11	0.5
Latin America	1,883	87.7
Northern America	11	0.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,769	100.0
English only	17,115	86.6
Language other than English	2,654	13.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,878	9.5
Spanish	2,356	11.9
Speak English less than "very well"	1,707	8.6
Other Indo-European languages	101	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	129	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	78	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,139	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,628	78.7
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	45	0.2
Danish	10	0.0
Dutch	416	2.0
English	1,125	5.3
French (except Basque)¹	401	1.9
French Canadian¹	88	0.4
German	1,464	6.9
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	14	0.1
Irish¹	1,862	8.8
Italian	122	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	29	0.1
Polish	96	0.5
Portuguese	19	0.1
Russian	6	0.0
Scotch-Irish	289	1.4
Scottish	231	1.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	9	0.0
Swedish	69	0.3
Swiss	51	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,714	22.3
Welsh	46	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	56	0.3
Other ancestries	5,466	25.9

(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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