Posey County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Posey county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,225	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	544	7.5
Kindergarten	443	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,509	48.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,707	23.6
College or graduate school	1,022	14.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	17,671	100.0
Less than 9th grade	955	5.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,793	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,393	41.8
Some college, no degree	3,810	21.6
Associate degree	1,111	6.3
Bachelor's degree	1,611	9.1
Graduate or professional degree	998	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	20,966	100.0
Never married	3,843	18.3
Now married, except separated	13,692	65.3
Separated	85	0.4
Widowed	1,370	6.5
Female	1,127	5.4
Divorced	1,976	9.4
Female	990	4.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	419	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	223	53.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	19,665	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,650	13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,597	100.0
With a disability	478	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	15,222	100.0
With a disability	2,713	17.8
Percent employed	61.8	(X)
No disability	12,509	82.2
Percent employed	80.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,240	100.0
With a disability	1,292	39.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	25,327	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,442	64.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,797	34.7
Same county	4,877	19.3
Different county	3,920	15.5
Same state	2,721	10.7
Different state	1,199	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	88	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	27,061	100.0
Native	26,931	99.5
Born in United States	26,866	99.3
State of residence	21,314	78.8
Different state	5,552	20.5
Born outside United States	65	0.2
Foreign born	130	0.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	72	0.3
Naturalized citizen	50	0.2
Not a citizen	80	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	130	100.0
Europe	42	32.3
Asia	24	18.5
Africa	27	20.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	24	18.5
Northern America	13	10.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	25,327	100.0
English only	24,795	97.9
Language other than English	532	2.1
Speak English less than 'very well	204	0.8
Spanish	277	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	128	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	215	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	76	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	14	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	27,061	100.0
Total ancestries reported	23,753	87.8
Arab	18	0.1
Czech¹	54	0.2
Danish	20	0.1
Dutch	445	1.6
English	2,927	10.8
French (except Basque)¹	637	2.4
French Canadian¹	46	0.2
German	9,501	35.1
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	31	0.1
Irish¹	2,495	9.2
Italian	306	1.1
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	48	0.2
Polish	207	0.8
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	39	0.1
Scotch-Irish	321	1.2
Scottish	397	1.5
Slovak	20	0.1
Subsaharan African	27	0.1
Swedish	163	0.6
Swiss	87	0.3
Ukrainian	6	0.0
United States or American	3,662	13.5
Welsh	89	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,205	8.1

(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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