Gibson County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Gibson county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,933	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	618	7.8
Kindergarten	459	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,725	47.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,916	24.2
College or graduate school	1,215	15.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,694	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,297	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,855	13.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,892	41.0
Some college, no degree	4,107	18.9
Associate degree	1,848	8.5
Bachelor's degree	1,692	7.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,003	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	25,863	100.0
Never married	5,182	20.0
Now married, except separated	15,718	60.8
Separated	172	0.7
Widowed	2,114	8.2
Female	1,784	6.9
Divorced	2,677	10.4
Female	1,426	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	391	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	226	57.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,421	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,285	13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,266	100.0
With a disability	628	8.6

Population 21 to 64 years	17,923	100.0
With a disability	3,808	21.2
Percent employed	64.2	(X)
No disability	14,115	78.8
Percent employed	80.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,764	100.0
With a disability	1,976	41.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	30,402	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,614	64.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,604	34.9
Same county	6,147	20.2
Different county	4,457	14.7
Same state	2,661	8.8
Different state	1,796	5.9
Elsewhere in 1995	184	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	32,500	100.0
Native	32,202	99.1
Born in United States	32,123	98.8
State of residence	26,042	80.1
Different state	6,081	18.7
Born outside United States	79	0.2
Foreign born	298	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	162	0.5
Naturalized citizen	101	0.3
Not a citizen	197	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	298	100.0
Europe	73	24.5
Asia	87	29.2
Africa	6	2.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	121	40.6
Northern America	11	3.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	30,402	100.0
English only	29,598	97.4
Language other than English	804	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	285	0.9
Spanish	442	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	212	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	206	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	36	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	142	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	32,500	100.0
Total ancestries reported	26,810	82.5
Arab	9	0.0
Czech¹	29	0.1
Danish	14	0.0
Dutch	383	1.2
English	3,427	10.5
French (except Basque)¹	712	2.2
French Canadian¹	20	0.1
German	8,903	27.4
Greek	8	0.0
Hungarian	43	0.1
Irish¹	3,839	11.8
Italian	294	0.9
Lithuanian	6	0.0
Norwegian	63	0.2
Polish	176	0.5
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	23	0.1
Scotch-Irish	444	1.4
Scottish	411	1.3
Slovak	10	0.0
Subsaharan African	43	0.1
Swedish	102	0.3
Swiss	84	0.3
Ukrainian	21	0.1
United States or American	4,636	14.3
Welsh	296	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	1	0.0
Other ancestries	2,811	8.6

(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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