Barry County, MI Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Barry county michigan dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,796	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,004	6.8
Kindergarten	985	6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,136	48.2
High school (grades 9-12)	3,476	23.5
College or graduate school	2,195	14.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	37,132	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,105	3.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,810	10.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,577	39.3
Some college, no degree	9,489	25.6
Associate degree	2,679	7.2
Bachelor's degree	3,651	9.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,821	4.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	44,012	100.0
Never married	8,761	19.9
Now married, except separated	28,442	64.6
Separated	312	0.7
Widowed	2,413	5.5
Female	1,937	4.4
Divorced	4,084	9.3
Female	2,036	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	741	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	372	50.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	41,300	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,880	14.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,604	100.0
With a disability	1,114	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	32,552	100.0
With a disability	5,479	16.8
Percent employed	59.4	(X)
No disability	27,073	83.2
Percent employed	80.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,459	100.0
With a disability	2,611	40.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	52,919	100.0
Same house in 1995	32,487	61.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	20,283	38.3
Same county	7,962	15.0
Different county	12,321	23.3
Same state	10,172	19.2
Different state	2,149	4.1
Elsewhere in 1995	149	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	56,755	100.0
Native	56,292	99.2
Born in United States	56,028	98.7
State of residence	47,365	83.5
Different state	8,663	15.3
Born outside United States	264	0.5
Foreign born	463	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	97	0.2
Naturalized citizen	304	0.5
Not a citizen	159	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	463	100.0
Europe	273	59.0
Asia	79	17.1
Africa	10	2.2
Oceania	4	0.9
Latin America	47	10.2
Northern America	50	10.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	52,919	100.0
English only	51,781	97.8
Language other than English	1,138	2.2
Speak English less than 'very well	267	0.5
Spanish	504	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	111	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	573	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	143	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	17	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	6	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	56,755	100.0
Total ancestries reported	56,898	100.3
Arab	37	0.1
Czech¹	251	0.4
Danish	363	0.6
Dutch	6,740	11.9
English	8,277	14.6
French (except Basque)¹	2,323	4.1
French Canadian¹	808	1.4
German	12,702	22.4
Greek	85	0.1
Hungarian	206	0.4
Irish¹	6,710	11.8
Italian	1,290	2.3
Lithuanian	107	0.2
Norwegian	496	0.9
Polish	2,186	3.9
Portuguese	66	0.1
Russian	261	0.5
Scotch-Irish	743	1.3
Scottish	1,250	2.2
Slovak	108	0.2
Subsaharan African	84	0.1
Swedish	863	1.5
Swiss	157	0.3
Ukrainian	149	0.3
United States or American	4,921	8.7
Welsh	260	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	12	0.0
Other ancestries	5,443	9.6

(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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