Perry County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Perry county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,250	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	367	8.6
Kindergarten	284	6.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,142	50.4
High school (grades 9-12)	960	22.6
College or graduate school	497	11.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,865	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,786	15.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,632	13.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,271	44.4
Some college, no degree	1,639	13.8
Associate degree	362	3.1
Bachelor's degree	779	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	396	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,253	100.0
Never married	3,097	21.7
Now married, except separated	8,766	61.5
Separated	129	0.9
Widowed	1,079	7.6
Female	891	6.3
Divorced	1,182	8.3
Female	602	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	242	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	115	47.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,399	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,932	14.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,122	100.0
With a disability	391	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	9,850	100.0
With a disability	1,718	17.4
Percent employed	60.2	(X)
No disability	8,132	82.6
Percent employed	83.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,599	100.0
With a disability	1,136	43.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,893	100.0
Same house in 1995	10,908	64.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,924	35.1
Same county	3,962	23.5
Different county	1,962	11.6
Same state	1,254	7.4
Different state	708	4.2
Elsewhere in 1995	61	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,132	100.0
Native	17,925	98.9
Born in United States	17,867	98.5
State of residence	15,201	83.8
Different state	2,666	14.7
Born outside United States	58	0.3
Foreign born	207	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	80	0.4
Naturalized citizen	139	0.8
Not a citizen	68	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	207	100.0
Europe	67	32.4
Asia	74	35.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	7	3.4
Latin America	59	28.5
Northern America	0	0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,893	100.0
English only	15,982	94.6
Language other than English	911	5.4
Speak English less than 'very well	285	1.7
Spanish	244	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	87	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	587	3.5
Speak English less than "very well"	144	0.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages	80	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	54	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,132	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,540	91.2
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	44	0.2
Danish	26	0.1
Dutch	154	0.8
English	561	3.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,629	9.0
French Canadian¹	20	0.1
German	8,231	45.4
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	23	0.1
Irish¹	1,433	7.9
Italian	160	0.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	18	0.1
Polish	112	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	19	0.1
Scotch-Irish	120	0.7
Scottish	71	0.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	111	0.6
Swiss	13	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,219	12.2
Welsh	20	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,550	8.5

(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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