Henry County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Henry county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,848	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	307	6.3
Kindergarten	276	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,605	53.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,174	24.2
College or graduate school	486	10.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,050	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,266	8.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,156	14.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,602	43.9
Some college, no degree	2,830	18.8
Associate degree	439	2.9
Bachelor's degree	1,134	7.5
Graduate or professional degree	623	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,691	100.0
Never married	2,985	16.9
Now married, except separated	10,768	60.9
Separated	289	1.6
Widowed	1,508	8.5
Female	1,195	6.8
Divorced	2,141	12.1
Female	1,103	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	302	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	209	69.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,710	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,868	17.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,622	100.0
With a disability	285	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	11,913	100.0
With a disability	2,646	22.2
Percent employed	46.6	(X)
No disability	9,267	77.8
Percent employed	80.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,793	100.0
With a disability	1,658	43.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,665	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,892	52.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,732	47.1
Same county	5,087	24.6
Different county	4,645	22.5
Same state	3,235	15.7
Different state	1,410	6.8
Elsewhere in 1995	41	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,997	100.0
Native	21,816	99.2
Born in United States	21,722	98.7
State of residence	16,204	73.7
Different state	5,518	25.1
Born outside United States	94	0.4
Foreign born	181	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	72	0.3
Naturalized citizen	58	0.3
Not a citizen	123	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	181	100.0
Europe	74	40.9
Asia	20	11.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	4	2.2
Latin America	68	37.6
Northern America	15	8.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,665	100.0
English only	20,151	97.5
Language other than English	514	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	174	0.8
Spanish	177	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	90	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	290	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	68	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	39	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	16	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,997	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,756	85.3
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	34	0.2
Danish	30	0.1
Dutch	571	2.6
English	2,503	11.4
French (except Basque)¹	511	2.3
French Canadian¹	152	0.7
German	4,451	20.2
Greek	35	0.2
Hungarian	7	0.0
Irish¹	2,237	10.2
Italian	298	1.4
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	167	0.8
Polish	126	0.6
Portuguese	41	0.2
Russian	18	0.1
Scotch-Irish	480	2.2
Scottish	287	1.3
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	13	0.1
Swedish	180	0.8
Swiss	114	0.5
Ukrainian	3	0.0
United States or American	3,987	18.1
Welsh	125	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,380	10.8

(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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