Nelson County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Nelson county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,404	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	663	7.1
Kindergarten	632	6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,747	50.5
High school (grades 9-12)	2,332	24.8
College or graduate school	1,030	11.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,785	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,293	9.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,703	11.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,251	43.1
Some college, no degree	3,958	16.6
Associate degree	1,400	5.9
Bachelor's degree	1,727	7.3
Graduate or professional degree	1,453	6.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,830	100.0
Never married	6,951	24.1
Now married, except separated	16,491	57.2
Separated	459	1.6
Widowed	1,747	6.1
Female	1,442	5.0
Divorced	3,182	11.0
Female	1,675	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	592	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	363	61.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,092	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,393	12.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,986	100.0
With a disability	836	9.3

Population 21 to 64 years	21,587	100.0
With a disability	4,688	21.7
Percent employed	56.7	(X)
No disability	16,899	78.3
Percent employed	80.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,695	100.0
With a disability	1,698	46.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,741	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,842	57.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	14,675	42.2
Same county	8,556	24.6
Different county	6,119	17.6
Same state	4,331	12.5
Different state	1,788	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	224	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,477	100.0
Native	37,025	98.8
Born in United States	36,941	98.6
State of residence	32,543	86.8
Different state	4,398	11.7
Born outside United States	84	0.2
Foreign born	452	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	257	0.7
Naturalized citizen	165	0.4
Not a citizen	287	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	452	100.0
Europe	134	29.6
Asia	186	41.2
Africa	24	5.3
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	74	16.4
Northern America	34	7.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,741	100.0
English only	33,837	97.4
Language other than English	904	2.6
Speak English less than 'very well	372	1.1
Spanish	433	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	169	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	239	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	78	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	215	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	117	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,477	100.0
Total ancestries reported	28,441	75.9
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	7	0.0
Danish	10	0.0
Dutch	307	0.8
English	3,675	9.8
French (except Basque)¹	595	1.6
French Canadian¹	78	0.2
German	3,793	10.1
Greek	17	0.0
Hungarian	13	0.0
Irish¹	4,157	11.1
Italian	552	1.5
Lithuanian	22	0.1
Norwegian	83	0.2
Polish	132	0.4
Portuguese	5	0.0
Russian	31	0.1
Scotch-Irish	514	1.4
Scottish	412	1.1
Slovak	27	0.1
Subsaharan African	74	0.2
Swedish	154	0.4
Swiss	34	0.1
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	9,221	24.6
Welsh	126	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,400	11.7

(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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