Harrison County, IA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Harrison county iowa dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,914	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	247	6.3
Kindergarten	187	4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,999	51.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,022	26.1
College or graduate school	459	11.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,487	100.0
Less than 9th grade	620	5.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	952	9.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,628	44.1
Some college, no degree	2,273	21.7
Associate degree	686	6.5
Bachelor's degree	999	9.5
Graduate or professional degree	329	3.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,332	100.0
Never married	2,359	19.1
Now married, except separated	7,732	62.7
Separated	83	0.7
Widowed	1,079	8.7
Female	880	7.1
Divorced	1,079	8.7
Female	503	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	245	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	129	52.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,555	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,653	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,646	100.0
With a disability	242	6.6

Population 21 to 64 years	8,254	100.0
With a disability	1,172	14.2
Percent employed	57.2	(X)
No disability	7,082	85.8
Percent employed	83.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,500	100.0
With a disability	950	38.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,733	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,928	60.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,770	39.2
Same county	3,368	22.9
Different county	2,402	16.3
Same state	1,040	7.1
Different state	1,362	9.2
Elsewhere in 1995	35	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	15,666	100.0
Native	15,542	99.2
Born in United States	15,493	98.9
State of residence	9,698	61.9
Different state	5,795	37.0
Born outside United States	49	0.3
Foreign born	124	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	58	0.4
Naturalized citizen	50	0.3
Not a citizen	74	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	124	100.0
Europe	56	45.2
Asia	29	23.4
Africa	2	1.6
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	17	13.7
Northern America	20	16.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,733	100.0
English only	14,438	98.0
Language other than English	295	2.0
Speak English less than 'very well	119	0.8
Spanish	111	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	71	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	146	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	38	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	36	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	10	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	15,666	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,754	106.9
Arab	8	0.1
Czech¹	234	1.5
Danish	752	4.8
Dutch	421	2.7
English	2,240	14.3
French (except Basque)¹	378	2.4
French Canadian¹	69	0.4
German	5,903	37.7
Greek	26	0.2
Hungarian	11	0.1
Irish¹	2,744	17.5
Italian	187	1.2
Lithuanian	12	0.1
Norwegian	508	3.2
Polish	236	1.5
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	56	0.4
Scotch-Irish	182	1.2
Scottish	172	1.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	497	3.2
Swiss	120	0.8
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	932	5.9
Welsh	131	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	1	0.0
Other ancestries	934	6.0

(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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