Boone County, KY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Boone county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	23,160	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,043	8.8
Kindergarten	1,269	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,327	48.9
High school (grades 9-12)	4,929	21.3
College or graduate school	3,592	15.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	54,166	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,606	4.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,466	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	17,771	32.8
Some college, no degree	12,882	23.8
Associate degree	3,077	5.7
Bachelor's degree	8,564	15.8
Graduate or professional degree	3,800	7.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	65,428	100.0
Never married	14,114	21.6
Now married, except separated	40,917	62.5
Separated	934	1.4
Widowed	3,140	4.8
Female	2,594	4.0
Divorced	6,323	9.7
Female	3,685	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,270	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	481	37.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	61,546	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,007	13.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	20,839	100.0
With a disability	1,475	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	51,144	100.0
With a disability	8,442	16.5
Percent employed	61.7	(X)
No disability	42,702	83.5
Percent employed	83.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,624	100.0
With a disability	2,773	41.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	79,175	100.0
Same house in 1995	38,055	48.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	39,816	50.3
Same county	14,584	18.4
Different county	25,232	31.9
Same state	12,936	16.3
Different state	12,296	15.5
Elsewhere in 1995	1,304	1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	85,991	100.0
Native	83,407	97.0
Born in United States	82,880	96.4
State of residence	49,515	57.6
Different state	33,365	38.8
Born outside United States	527	0.6
Foreign born	2,584	3.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,470	1.7
Naturalized citizen	780	0.9
Not a citizen	1,804	2.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,584	100.0
Europe	610	23.6
Asia	976	37.8
Africa	56	2.2
Oceania	30	1.2
Latin America	707	27.4
Northern America	205	7.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	79,175	100.0
English only	75,062	94.8
Language other than English	4,113	5.2
Speak English less than 'very well	1,567	2.0
Spanish	1,993	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	773	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	1,048	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	205	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	881	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	510	0.6

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	85,991	100.0
Total ancestries reported	86,682	100.8
Arab	317	0.4
Czech¹	213	0.2
Danish	173	0.2
Dutch	1,784	2.1
English	10,024	11.7
French (except Basque)¹	2,353	2.7
French Canadian¹	233	0.3
German	25,980	30.2
Greek	117	0.1
Hungarian	290	0.3
Irish¹	14,249	16.6
Italian	2,803	3.3
Lithuanian	99	0.1
Norwegian	358	0.4
Polish	1,142	1.3
Portuguese	93	0.1
Russian	145	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,502	1.7
Scottish	1,615	1.9
Slovak	165	0.2
Subsaharan African	76	0.1
Swedish	321	0.4
Swiss	188	0.2
Ukrainian	87	0.1
United States or American	11,261	13.1
Welsh	588	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	46	0.1
Other ancestries	10,460	12.2

(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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