Wayne County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wayne county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	17,570	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,046	6.0
Kindergarten	911	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	8,169	46.5
High school (grades 9-12)	3,758	21.4
College or graduate school	3,686	21.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	47,322	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,726	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,627	16.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	18,692	39.5
Some college, no degree	9,382	19.8
Associate degree	2,394	5.1
Bachelor's degree	3,765	8.0
Graduate or professional degree	2,736	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	56,787	100.0
Never married	12,229	21.5
Now married, except separated	32,662	57.5
Separated	802	1.4
Widowed	4,473	7.9
Female	3,780	6.7
Divorced	6,621	11.7
Female	3,834	6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,164	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	554	47.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	53,900	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,860	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	15,897	100.0
With a disability	1,405	8.8

Population 21 to 64 years	39,072	100.0
With a disability	8,151	20.9
Percent employed	57.0	(X)
No disability	30,921	79.1
Percent employed	80.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	10,534	100.0
With a disability	4,646	44.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	66,735	100.0
Same house in 1995	37,983	56.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	28,301	42.4
Same county	19,501	29.2
Different county	8,800	13.2
Same state	3,304	5.0
Different state	5,496	8.2
Elsewhere in 1995	451	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	71,097	100.0
Native	70,011	98.5
Born in United States	69,677	98.0
State of residence	50,125	70.5
Different state	19,552	27.5
Born outside United States	334	0.5
Foreign born	1,086	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	600	0.8
Naturalized citizen	424	0.6
Not a citizen	662	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,086	100.0
Europe	269	24.8
Asia	355	32.7
Africa	21	1.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	374	34.4
Northern America	67	6.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	66,735	100.0
English only	64,057	96.0
Language other than English	2,678	4.0
Speak English less than 'very well	1,046	1.6
Spanish	1,285	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	632	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	900	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	260	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	367	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	120	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	71,097	100.0
Total ancestries reported	56,731	79.8
Arab	53	0.1
Czech¹	44	0.1
Danish	94	0.1
Dutch	1,283	1.8
English	6,758	9.5
French (except Basque)¹	1,291	1.8
French Canadian¹	118	0.2
German	13,656	19.2
Greek	99	0.1
Hungarian	351	0.5
Irish¹	7,400	10.4
Italian	1,381	1.9
Lithuanian	20	0.0
Norwegian	230	0.3
Polish	462	0.6
Portuguese	38	0.1
Russian	72	0.1
Scotch-Irish	790	1.1
Scottish	1,013	1.4
Slovak	39	0.1
Subsaharan African	166	0.2
Swedish	290	0.4
Swiss	109	0.2
Ukrainian	70	0.1
United States or American	11,094	15.6
Welsh	334	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	10	0.0
Other ancestries	9,466	13.3

(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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