Benton County, MO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Benton county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,197	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	177	5.5
Kindergarten	183	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,722	53.9
High school (grades 9-12)	822	25.7
College or graduate school	293	9.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,669	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,335	10.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,234	17.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,900	38.7
Some college, no degree	2,572	20.3
Associate degree	513	4.0
Bachelor's degree	740	5.8
Graduate or professional degree	375	3.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	8.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,323	100.0
Never married	2,017	14.1
Now married, except separated	9,256	64.6
Separated	216	1.5
Widowed	1,240	8.7
Female	954	6.7
Divorced	1,594	11.1
Female	675	4.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	210	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	161	76.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,656	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,059	22.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,185	100.0
With a disability	304	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	9,327	100.0
With a disability	2,774	29.7
Percent employed	41.1	(X)
No disability	6,553	70.3
Percent employed	69.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,672	100.0
With a disability	1,677	45.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,375	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,182	56.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,117	43.5
Same county	2,401	14.7
Different county	4,716	28.8
Same state	3,146	19.2
Different state	1,570	9.6
Elsewhere in 1995	76	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,180	100.0
Native	17,067	99.3
Born in United States	17,020	99.1
State of residence	11,345	66.0
Different state	5,675	33.0
Born outside United States	47	0.3
Foreign born	113	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	15	0.1
Naturalized citizen	63	0.4
Not a citizen	50	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	113	100.0
Europe	66	58.4
Asia	2	1.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	32	28.3
Northern America	13	11.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,375	100.0
English only	15,938	97.3
Language other than English	437	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	105	0.6
Spanish	207	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	63	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	179	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	31	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	15	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,180	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,020	87.4
Arab	15	0.1
Czech¹	35	0.2
Danish	51	0.3
Dutch	453	2.6
English	1,925	11.2
French (except Basque)¹	638	3.7
French Canadian¹	65	0.4
German	4,129	24.0
Greek	23	0.1
Hungarian	38	0.2
Irish¹	2,098	12.2
Italian	275	1.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	139	0.8
Polish	121	0.7
Portuguese	20	0.1
Russian	19	0.1
Scotch-Irish	270	1.6
Scottish	303	1.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	10	0.1
Swedish	195	1.1
Swiss	64	0.4
Ukrainian	6	0.0
United States or American	2,409	14.0
Welsh	117	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,602	9.3

(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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