Pettis County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pettis county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,733	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	578	5.9
Kindergarten	544	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,821	49.5
High school (grades 9-12)	2,218	22.8
College or graduate school	1,572	16.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,355	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,216	8.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,288	13.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,569	33.8
Some college, no degree	5,852	23.1
Associate degree	1,636	6.5
Bachelor's degree	2,396	9.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,398	5.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,793	100.0
Never married	6,421	20.9
Now married, except separated	17,708	57.5
Separated	540	1.8
Widowed	2,495	8.1
Female	2,056	6.7
Divorced	3,629	11.8
Female	2,084	6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	699	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	320	45.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,818	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,326	15.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,279	100.0
With a disability	628	6.8

Population 21 to 64 years	20,926	100.0
With a disability	4,210	20.1
Percent employed	55.3	(X)
No disability	16,716	79.9
Percent employed	81.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,739	100.0
With a disability	2,444	42.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,649	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,297	52.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,726	45.6
Same county	9,434	25.7
Different county	7,292	19.9
Same state	4,108	11.2
Different state	3,184	8.7
Elsewhere in 1995	626	1.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	39,403	100.0
Native	38,245	97.1
Born in United States	38,024	96.5
State of residence	28,275	71.8
Different state	9,749	24.7
Born outside United States	221	0.6
Foreign born	1,158	2.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	806	2.0
Naturalized citizen	273	0.7
Not a citizen	885	2.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,158	100.0
Europe	294	25.4
Asia	129	11.1
Africa	10	0.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	685	59.2
Northern America	40	3.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,649	100.0
English only	34,488	94.1
Language other than English	2,161	5.9
Speak English less than 'very well	969	2.6
Spanish	1,216	3.3
Speak English less than "very well"	693	1.9
Other Indo-European languages	820	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	247	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	112	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	29	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	39,403	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,286	84.5
Arab	61	0.2
Czech¹	135	0.3
Danish	135	0.3
Dutch	717	1.8
English	3,656	9.3
French (except Basque)¹	1,059	2.7
French Canadian¹	82	0.2
German	9,261	23.5
Greek	14	0.0
Hungarian	33	0.1
Irish¹	3,710	9.4
Italian	522	1.3
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	238	0.6
Polish	274	0.7
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	62	0.2
Scotch-Irish	851	2.2
Scottish	543	1.4
Slovak	11	0.0
Subsaharan African	68	0.2
Swedish	305	0.8
Swiss	254	0.6
Ukrainian	163	0.4
United States or American	5,124	13.0
Welsh	257	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	5	0.0
Other ancestries	5,733	14.5

(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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