Henderson County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Henderson county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,565	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	824	7.8
Kindergarten	614	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,947	46.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,806	26.6
College or graduate school	1,374	13.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,960	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,404	8.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,107	13.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,318	37.8
Some college, no degree	5,936	19.8
Associate degree	2,064	6.9
Bachelor's degree	2,433	8.1
Graduate or professional degree	1,698	5.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	35,786	100.0
Never married	7,370	20.6
Now married, except separated	21,050	58.8
Separated	566	1.6
Widowed	2,544	7.1
Female	2,199	6.1
Divorced	4,256	11.9
Female	2,208	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	820	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	443	54.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,761	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,272	12.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,911	100.0
With a disability	814	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	25,787	100.0
With a disability	5,774	22.4
Percent employed	54.3	(X)
No disability	20,013	77.6
Percent employed	78.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,630	100.0
With a disability	2,746	48.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	42,006	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,304	55.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,479	44.0
Same county	12,443	29.6
Different county	6,036	14.4
Same state	2,653	6.3
Different state	3,383	8.1
Elsewhere in 1995	223	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	44,829	100.0
Native	44,354	98.9
Born in United States	44,177	98.5
State of residence	32,206	71.8
Different state	11,971	26.7
Born outside United States	177	0.4
Foreign born	475	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	167	0.4
Naturalized citizen	213	0.5
Not a citizen	262	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	475	100.0
Europe	136	28.6
Asia	203	42.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	124	26.1
Northern America	12	2.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	42,006	100.0
English only	40,747	97.0
Language other than English	1,259	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	286	0.7
Spanish	605	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	103	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	416	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	90	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	216	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	93	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	44,829	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,120	73.9
Arab	25	0.1
Czech¹	17	0.0
Danish	34	0.1
Dutch	541	1.2
English	3,998	8.9
French (except Basque)¹	657	1.5
French Canadian¹	71	0.2
German	5,317	11.9
Greek	10	0.0
Hungarian	43	0.1
Irish¹	4,054	9.0
Italian	335	0.7
Lithuanian	19	0.0
Norwegian	79	0.2
Polish	184	0.4
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	27	0.1
Scotch-Irish	633	1.4
Scottish	611	1.4
Slovak	18	0.0
Subsaharan African	147	0.3
Swedish	100	0.2
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	26	0.1
United States or American	9,670	21.6
Welsh	251	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	5	0.0
Other ancestries	6,242	13.9

(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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