Lincoln County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Lincoln county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,338	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	358	6.7
Kindergarten	398	7.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,721	51.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,258	23.6
College or graduate school	603	11.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,440	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,826	18.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,637	17.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,293	40.8
Some college, no degree	1,912	12.4
Associate degree	470	3.0
Bachelor's degree	790	5.1
Graduate or professional degree	512	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	64.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,348	100.0
Never married	3,064	16.7
Now married, except separated	11,501	62.7
Separated	312	1.7
Widowed	1,509	8.2
Female	1,211	6.6
Divorced	1,962	10.7
Female	1,029	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	370	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	188	50.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,345	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,047	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,192	100.0
With a disability	488	9.4

Population 21 to 64 years	13,390	100.0
With a disability	3,917	29.3
Percent employed	42.3	(X)
No disability	9,473	70.7
Percent employed	77.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,961	100.0
With a disability	1,773	59.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,753	100.0
Same house in 1995	12,244	56.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,416	43.3
Same county	4,858	22.3
Different county	4,558	21.0
Same state	3,052	14.0
Different state	1,506	6.9
Elsewhere in 1995	93	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,361	100.0
Native	23,203	99.3
Born in United States	23,174	99.2
State of residence	19,254	82.4
Different state	3,920	16.8
Born outside United States	29	0.1
Foreign born	158	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	109	0.5
Naturalized citizen	34	0.1
Not a citizen	124	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	158	100.0
Europe	5	3.2
Asia	26	16.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	107	67.7
Northern America	20	12.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,753	100.0
English only	21,171	97.3
Language other than English	582	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	179	0.8
Spanish	280	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	112	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	299	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	67	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	3	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,361	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,296	65.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	282	1.2
English	1,472	6.3
French (except Basque)¹	284	1.2
French Canadian¹	63	0.3
German	1,526	6.5
Greek	10	0.0
Hungarian	20	0.1
Irish¹	1,870	8.0
Italian	269	1.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	18	0.1
Polish	53	0.2
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	15	0.1
Scotch-Irish	376	1.6
Scottish	246	1.1
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	13	0.1
Swedish	9	0.0
Swiss	129	0.6
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	6,255	26.8
Welsh	35	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,349	10.1

(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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