Henry County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Henry county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,911	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	704	6.5
Kindergarten	567	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,588	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,624	24.0
College or graduate school	1,428	13.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	33,198	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,066	6.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,693	14.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,748	44.4
Some college, no degree	6,151	18.5
Associate degree	1,661	5.0
Bachelor's degree	2,302	6.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,577	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	38,876	100.0
Never married	7,008	18.0
Now married, except separated	23,925	61.5
Separated	417	1.1
Widowed	3,242	8.3
Female	2,781	7.2
Divorced	4,284	11.0
Female	2,200	5.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	846	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	479	56.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,778	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,486	14.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,185	100.0
With a disability	906	8.9

Population 21 to 64 years	27,448	100.0
With a disability	5,535	20.2
Percent employed	59.0	(X)
No disability	21,913	79.8
Percent employed	76.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,229	100.0
With a disability	3,128	43.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,532	100.0
Same house in 1995	28,442	62.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,004	37.3
Same county	10,960	24.1
Different county	6,044	13.3
Same state	4,277	9.4
Different state	1,767	3.9
Elsewhere in 1995	86	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	48,508	100.0
Native	48,249	99.5
Born in United States	48,114	99.2
State of residence	37,468	77.2
Different state	10,646	21.9
Born outside United States	135	0.3
Foreign born	259	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	43	0.1
Naturalized citizen	168	0.3
Not a citizen	91	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	259	100.0
Europe	130	50.2
Asia	56	21.6
Africa	5	1.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	51	19.7
Northern America	17	6.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,532	100.0
English only	44,603	98.0
Language other than English	929	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	350	0.8
Spanish	529	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	232	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	336	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	82	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	45	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	48,508	100.0
Total ancestries reported	35,359	72.9
Arab	28	0.1
Czech¹	7	0.0
Danish	78	0.2
Dutch	999	2.1
English	4,953	10.2
French (except Basque)¹	642	1.3
French Canadian¹	90	0.2
German	7,163	14.8
Greek	74	0.2
Hungarian	12	0.0
Irish¹	3,982	8.2
Italian	403	0.8
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	163	0.3
Polish	231	0.5
Portuguese	42	0.1
Russian	7	0.0
Scotch-Irish	500	1.0
Scottish	754	1.6
Slovak	13	0.0
Subsaharan African	3	0.0
Swedish	108	0.2
Swiss	15	0.0
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	9,889	20.4
Welsh	239	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	5	0.0
Other ancestries	4,950	10.2

(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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