Starke County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Starke county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,722	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	367	6.4
Kindergarten	322	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,936	51.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,481	25.9
College or graduate school	616	10.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,290	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,203	7.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,082	20.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,640	43.4
Some college, no degree	2,341	15.3
Associate degree	738	4.8
Bachelor's degree	700	4.6
Graduate or professional degree	586	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,413	100.0
Never married	3,725	20.2
Now married, except separated	11,245	61.1
Separated	247	1.3
Widowed	1,344	7.3
Female	1,098	6.0
Divorced	1,852	10.1
Female	988	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	434	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	222	51.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,252	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,319	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,591	100.0
With a disability	402	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	13,076	100.0
With a disability	2,926	22.4
Percent employed	49.6	(X)
No disability	10,150	77.6
Percent employed	74.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,039	100.0
With a disability	1,432	47.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	22,024	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,554	61.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,324	37.8
Same county	4,041	18.3
Different county	4,283	19.4
Same state	2,718	12.3
Different state	1,565	7.1
Elsewhere in 1995	146	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,556	100.0
Native	22,937	97.4
Born in United States	22,889	97.2
State of residence	16,251	69.0
Different state	6,638	28.2
Born outside United States	48	0.2
Foreign born	619	2.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	212	0.9
Naturalized citizen	311	1.3
Not a citizen	308	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	619	100.0
Europe	356	57.5
Asia	79	12.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	14	2.3
Latin America	162	26.2
Northern America	8	1.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	22,024	100.0
English only	20,901	94.9
Language other than English	1,123	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	406	1.8
Spanish	465	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	162	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	603	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	239	1.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	47	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,556	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,494	95.5
Arab	10	0.0
Czech¹	537	2.3
Danish	163	0.7
Dutch	560	2.4
English	1,608	6.8
French (except Basque)¹	621	2.6
French Canadian¹	98	0.4
German	5,725	24.3
Greek	79	0.3
Hungarian	187	0.8
Irish¹	3,137	13.3
Italian	788	3.3
Lithuanian	102	0.4
Norwegian	163	0.7
Polish	1,841	7.8
Portuguese	11	0.0
Russian	61	0.3
Scotch-Irish	266	1.1
Scottish	215	0.9
Slovak	92	0.4
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	544	2.3
Swiss	78	0.3
Ukrainian	122	0.5
United States or American	2,883	12.2
Welsh	70	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,533	10.8

(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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