Huntington County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Huntington county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,918	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	614	6.2
Kindergarten	612	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,550	45.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,257	22.8
College or graduate school	1,885	19.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,386	100.0
Less than 9th grade	855	3.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,803	11.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,384	46.7
Some college, no degree	4,331	17.8
Associate degree	1,548	6.3
Bachelor's degree	2,082	8.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,383	5.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,877	100.0
Never married	6,575	22.0
Now married, except separated	17,984	60.2
Separated	230	0.8
Widowed	2,034	6.8
Female	1,693	5.7
Divorced	3,054	10.2
Female	1,595	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	551	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	318	57.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,096	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,571	12.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,142	100.0
With a disability	701	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	20,891	100.0
With a disability	3,482	16.7
Percent employed	67.7	(X)
No disability	17,409	83.3
Percent employed	83.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,676	100.0
With a disability	1,926	41.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	35,508	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,772	58.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	14,624	41.2
Same county	9,223	26.0
Different county	5,401	15.2
Same state	3,544	10.0
Different state	1,857	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	112	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	38,075	100.0
Native	37,754	99.2
Born in United States	37,589	98.7
State of residence	29,809	78.3
Different state	7,780	20.4
Born outside United States	165	0.4
Foreign born	321	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	106	0.3
Naturalized citizen	167	0.4
Not a citizen	154	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	321	100.0
Europe	82	25.5
Asia	95	29.6
Africa	35	10.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	38	11.8
Northern America	71	22.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	35,508	100.0
English only	34,379	96.8
Language other than English	1,129	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	354	1.0
Spanish	581	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	203	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	399	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	91	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	101	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	60	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	38,075	100.0
Total ancestries reported	31,469	82.7
Arab	23	0.1
Czech¹	59	0.2
Danish	71	0.2
Dutch	730	1.9
English	2,898	7.6
French (except Basque)¹	1,085	2.8
French Canadian¹	103	0.3
German	11,306	29.7
Greek	35	0.1
Hungarian	115	0.3
Irish¹	3,641	9.6
Italian	556	1.5
Lithuanian	18	0.0
Norwegian	234	0.6
Polish	442	1.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	64	0.2
Scotch-Irish	546	1.4
Scottish	510	1.3
Slovak	35	0.1
Subsaharan African	32	0.1
Swedish	295	0.8
Swiss	232	0.6
Ukrainian	26	0.1
United States or American	5,127	13.5
Welsh	258	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,028	8.0

(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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