Harlan County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Harlan county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,775	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	451	5.8
Kindergarten	496	6.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,829	49.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,995	25.7
College or graduate school	1,004	12.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	22,041	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,832	21.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,268	19.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,553	34.3
Some college, no degree	2,415	11.0
Associate degree	1,021	4.6
Bachelor's degree	953	4.3
Graduate or professional degree	999	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	58.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	26,429	100.0
Never married	5,214	19.7
Now married, except separated	15,186	57.5
Separated	420	1.6
Widowed	2,796	10.6
Female	2,323	8.8
Divorced	2,813	10.6
Female	1,492	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	720	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	401	55.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,898	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,546	10.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,684	100.0
With a disability	995	12.9

Population 21 to 64 years	18,730	100.0
With a disability	7,562	40.4
Percent employed	22.6	(X)
No disability	11,168	59.6
Percent employed	58.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,401	100.0
With a disability	2,958	67.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,168	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,924	70.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,147	29.3
Same county	7,453	23.9
Different county	1,694	5.4
Same state	939	3.0
Different state	755	2.4
Elsewhere in 1995	97	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	33,202	100.0
Native	32,996	99.4
Born in United States	32,918	99.1
State of residence	28,505	85.9
Different state	4,413	13.3
Born outside United States	78	0.2
Foreign born	206	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	105	0.3
Naturalized citizen	91	0.3
Not a citizen	115	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	206	100.0
Europe	57	27.7
Asia	104	50.5
Africa	5	2.4
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	37	18.0
Northern America	3	1.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,168	100.0
English only	30,671	98.4
Language other than English	497	1.6
Speak English less than 'very well	192	0.6
Spanish	208	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	71	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	156	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	72	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	95	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	33,202	100.0
Total ancestries reported	21,679	65.3
Arab	14	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	2	0.0
Dutch	359	1.1
English	2,529	7.6
French (except Basque)¹	232	0.7
French Canadian¹	2	0.0
German	1,087	3.3
Greek	20	0.1
Hungarian	60	0.2
Irish¹	2,164	6.5
Italian	279	0.8
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	26	0.1
Polish	70	0.2
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	27	0.1
Scotch-Irish	288	0.9
Scottish	131	0.4
Slovak	5	0.0
Subsaharan African	46	0.1
Swedish	50	0.2
Swiss	13	0.0
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	11,181	33.7
Welsh	52	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	10	0.0
Other ancestries	3,026	9.1

(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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