Butler County, MO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Butler county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,296	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	705	7.6
Kindergarten	555	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,471	48.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,308	24.8
College or graduate school	1,257	13.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	27,596	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,349	12.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,780	17.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,470	34.3
Some college, no degree	5,216	18.9
Associate degree	1,574	5.7
Bachelor's degree	1,747	6.3
Graduate or professional degree	1,460	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	70.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	32,823	100.0
Never married	6,044	18.4
Now married, except separated	18,841	57.4
Separated	657	2.0
Widowed	3,037	9.3
Female	2,512	7.7
Divorced	4,244	12.9
Female	2,301	7.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	780	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	368	47.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,007	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,098	16.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,831	100.0
With a disability	698	7.9

Population 21 to 64 years	22,399	100.0
With a disability	6,127	27.4
Percent employed	45.0	(X)
No disability	16,272	72.6
Percent employed	74.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,325	100.0
With a disability	3,187	50.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	38,277	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,341	55.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,660	43.5
Same county	10,045	26.2
Different county	6,615	17.3
Same state	3,713	9.7
Different state	2,902	7.6
Elsewhere in 1995	276	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	40,867	100.0
Native	40,288	98.6
Born in United States	40,069	98.0
State of residence	28,924	70.8
Different state	11,145	27.3
Born outside United States	219	0.5
Foreign born	579	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	277	0.7
Naturalized citizen	264	0.6
Not a citizen	315	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	579	100.0
Europe	109	18.8
Asia	246	42.5
Africa	20	3.5
Oceania	10	1.7
Latin America	172	29.7
Northern America	22	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	38,277	100.0
English only	37,083	96.9
Language other than English	1,194	3.1
Speak English less than 'very well	507	1.3
Spanish	504	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	237	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	442	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	158	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	175	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	106	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	40,867	100.0
Total ancestries reported	31,955	78.2
Arab	7	0.0
Czech¹	38	0.1
Danish	33	0.1
Dutch	982	2.4
English	3,507	8.6
French (except Basque)¹	711	1.7
French Canadian¹	191	0.5
German	4,756	11.6
Greek	39	0.1
Hungarian	28	0.1
Irish¹	4,385	10.7
Italian	606	1.5
Lithuanian	13	0.0
Norwegian	71	0.2
Polish	174	0.4
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	39	0.1
Scotch-Irish	439	1.1
Scottish	395	1.0
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	68	0.2
Swedish	111	0.3
Swiss	39	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	8,129	19.9
Welsh	195	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	9	0.0
Other ancestries	6,983	17.1

(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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