Washington County, KY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Washington county kentucky dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,699	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	148	5.5
Kindergarten	124	4.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,339	49.6
High school (grades 9-12)	719	26.6
College or graduate school	369	13.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	7,144	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,221	17.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,005	14.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,751	38.5
Some college, no degree	961	13.5
Associate degree	254	3.6
Bachelor's degree	564	7.9
Graduate or professional degree	388	5.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	68.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	8,670	100.0
Never married	2,050	23.6
Now married, except separated	5,117	59.0
Separated	153	1.8
Widowed	676	7.8
Female	608	7.0
Divorced	674	7.8
Female	347	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	180	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	88	48.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	8,112	100.0
Civilian veterans	707	8.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,596	100.0
With a disability	183	7.0

Population 21 to 64 years	5,956	100.0
With a disability	1,324	22.2
Percent employed	49.5	(X)
No disability	4,632	77.8
Percent employed	77.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,503	100.0
With a disability	723	48.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	10,258	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,423	62.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,790	36.9
Same county	1,919	18.7
Different county	1,871	18.2
Same state	1,362	13.3
Different state	509	5.0
Elsewhere in 1995	45	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	10,916	100.0
Native	10,840	99.3
Born in United States	10,807	99.0
State of residence	9,546	87.4
Different state	1,261	11.6
Born outside United States	33	0.3
Foreign born	76	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	53	0.5
Naturalized citizen	17	0.2
Not a citizen	59	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	76	100.0
Europe	4	5.3
Asia	33	43.4
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	26	34.2
Northern America	13	17.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	10,258	100.0
English only	9,956	97.1
Language other than English	302	2.9
Speak English less than 'very well	146	1.4
Spanish	159	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	61	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	111	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	55	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	32	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	30	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	10,916	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,623	69.8
Arab	15	0.1
Czech¹	5	0.0
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	68	0.6
English	1,055	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	154	1.4
French Canadian¹	35	0.3
German	680	6.2
Greek	18	0.2
Hungarian	23	0.2
Irish¹	1,276	11.7
Italian	83	0.8
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	19	0.2
Polish	76	0.7
Portuguese	11	0.1
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	126	1.2
Scottish	70	0.6
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	64	0.6
Swedish	7	0.1
Swiss	0	0.0
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,290	21.0
Welsh	37	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,511	13.8

(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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