Monroe County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Monroe county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,660	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	145	5.5
Kindergarten	174	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,229	46.2
High school (grades 9-12)	674	25.3
College or graduate school	438	16.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	7,896	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,081	26.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,251	15.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,730	34.6
Some college, no degree	886	11.2
Associate degree	284	3.6
Bachelor's degree	331	4.2
Graduate or professional degree	333	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	57.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,491	100.0
Never married	1,820	19.2
Now married, except separated	5,571	58.7
Separated	140	1.5
Widowed	899	9.5
Female	740	7.8
Divorced	1,061	11.2
Female	533	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	285	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	160	56.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	8,917	100.0
Civilian veterans	750	8.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,595	100.0
With a disability	208	8.0

Population 21 to 64 years	6,606	100.0
With a disability	1,983	30.0
Percent employed	38.3	(X)
No disability	4,623	70.0
Percent employed	73.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,677	100.0
With a disability	1,023	61.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,022	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,681	60.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,206	38.2
Same county	2,915	26.4
Different county	1,291	11.7
Same state	609	5.5
Different state	682	6.2
Elsewhere in 1995	135	1.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	11,756	100.0
Native	11,593	98.6
Born in United States	11,529	98.1
State of residence	9,449	80.4
Different state	2,080	17.7
Born outside United States	64	0.5
Foreign born	163	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	133	1.1
Naturalized citizen	66	0.6
Not a citizen	97	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	163	100.0
Europe	18	11.0
Asia	18	11.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	6	3.7
Latin America	116	71.2
Northern America	5	3.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,022	100.0
English only	10,671	96.8
Language other than English	351	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	157	1.4
Spanish	230	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	120	1.1
Other Indo-European languages	95	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	20	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	11,756	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,539	64.1
Arab	6	0.1
Czech¹	9	0.1
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	53	0.5
English	1,017	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	26	0.2
French Canadian¹	12	0.1
German	309	2.6
Greek	6	0.1
Hungarian	23	0.2
Irish¹	454	3.9
Italian	46	0.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	0	0.0
Polish	86	0.7
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	84	0.7
Scottish	73	0.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	23	0.2
Swiss	15	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,258	36.2
Welsh	21	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,018	8.7

(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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