Marion County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Marion county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,983	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	429	6.1
Kindergarten	341	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,432	49.1
High school (grades 9-12)	1,701	24.4
College or graduate school	1,080	15.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	18,322	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,269	6.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,513	13.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,471	40.8
Some college, no degree	3,407	18.6
Associate degree	806	4.4
Bachelor's degree	2,095	11.4
Graduate or professional degree	761	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	22,343	100.0
Never married	4,661	20.9
Now married, except separated	13,116	58.7
Separated	341	1.5
Widowed	2,041	9.1
Female	1,674	7.5
Divorced	2,184	9.8
Female	1,187	5.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	448	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	186	41.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	20,995	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,202	15.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,767	100.0
With a disability	564	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	14,795	100.0
With a disability	2,464	16.7
Percent employed	46.7	(X)
No disability	12,331	83.3
Percent employed	80.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,174	100.0
With a disability	1,683	40.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,422	100.0
Same house in 1995	14,329	54.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,933	45.2
Same county	7,265	27.5
Different county	4,668	17.7
Same state	2,680	10.1
Different state	1,988	7.5
Elsewhere in 1995	160	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	28,289	100.0
Native	28,069	99.2
Born in United States	27,938	98.8
State of residence	19,144	67.7
Different state	8,794	31.1
Born outside United States	131	0.5
Foreign born	220	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	68	0.2
Naturalized citizen	92	0.3
Not a citizen	128	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	220	100.0
Europe	83	37.7
Asia	18	8.2
Africa	4	1.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	104	47.3
Northern America	11	5.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,422	100.0
English only	25,821	97.7
Language other than English	601	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	224	0.8
Spanish	356	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	175	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	224	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	18	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	6	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	28,289	100.0
Total ancestries reported	24,612	87.0
Arab	9	0.0
Czech¹	52	0.2
Danish	38	0.1
Dutch	479	1.7
English	2,957	10.5
French (except Basque)¹	556	2.0
French Canadian¹	71	0.3
German	6,604	23.3
Greek	26	0.1
Hungarian	37	0.1
Irish¹	3,429	12.1
Italian	296	1.0
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	116	0.4
Polish	183	0.6
Portuguese	19	0.1
Russian	70	0.2
Scotch-Irish	525	1.9
Scottish	309	1.1
Slovak	11	0.0
Subsaharan African	66	0.2
Swedish	289	1.0
Swiss	41	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	4,891	17.3
Welsh	100	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,438	12.2

(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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