Kenton County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Kenton county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	38,232	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,777	7.3
Kindergarten	2,302	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	18,133	47.4
High school (grades 9-12)	8,205	21.5
College or graduate school	6,815	17.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	97,727	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,949	6.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	11,511	11.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	31,834	32.6
Some college, no degree	20,920	21.4
Associate degree	5,138	5.3
Bachelor's degree	14,630	15.0
Graduate or professional degree	7,745	7.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	118,067	100.0
Never married	31,617	26.8
Now married, except separated	62,791	53.2
Separated	1,876	1.6
Widowed	7,848	6.6
Female	6,524	5.5
Divorced	13,935	11.8
Female	7,714	6.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,652	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,182	44.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	111,568	100.0
Civilian veterans	14,900	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	34,062	100.0
With a disability	2,889	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	89,125	100.0
With a disability	17,120	19.2
Percent employed	57.8	(X)
No disability	72,005	80.8
Percent employed	82.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	15,989	100.0
With a disability	6,800	42.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	140,369	100.0
Same house in 1995	77,555	55.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	61,735	44.0
Same county	33,334	23.7
Different county	28,401	20.2
Same state	13,241	9.4
Different state	15,160	10.8
Elsewhere in 1995	1,079	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	151,464	100.0
Native	149,082	98.4
Born in United States	148,456	98.0
State of residence	97,492	64.4
Different state	50,964	33.6
Born outside United States	626	0.4
Foreign born	2,382	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,078	0.7
Naturalized citizen	1,122	0.7
Not a citizen	1,260	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,382	100.0
Europe	873	36.6
Asia	697	29.3
Africa	73	3.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	477	20.0
Northern America	262	11.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	140,369	100.0
English only	135,407	96.5
Language other than English	4,962	3.5
Speak English less than 'very well	1,580	1.1
Spanish	2,048	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	758	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	2,149	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	629	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	576	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	171	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	151,464	100.0
Total ancestries reported	149,881	99.0
Arab	265	0.2
Czech¹	405	0.3
Danish	118	0.1
Dutch	2,184	1.4
English	16,217	10.7
French (except Basque)¹	3,743	2.5
French Canadian¹	371	0.2
German	50,748	33.5
Greek	395	0.3
Hungarian	538	0.4
Irish¹	25,316	16.7
Italian	4,682	3.1
Lithuanian	53	0.0
Norwegian	402	0.3
Polish	1,480	1.0
Portuguese	43	0.0
Russian	257	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,344	1.5
Scottish	2,243	1.5
Slovak	229	0.2
Subsaharan African	272	0.2
Swedish	444	0.3
Swiss	350	0.2
Ukrainian	134	0.1
United States or American	17,073	11.3
Welsh	1,097	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	43	0.0
Other ancestries	18,435	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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