Pike County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pike county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,039	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	195	4.8
Kindergarten	197	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,046	50.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,172	29.0
College or graduate school	429	10.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,242	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,296	10.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,647	13.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,402	44.1
Some college, no degree	2,138	17.5
Associate degree	508	4.1
Bachelor's degree	805	6.6
Graduate or professional degree	446	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,906	100.0
Never married	3,598	24.1
Now married, except separated	7,776	52.2
Separated	296	2.0
Widowed	1,170	7.8
Female	875	5.9
Divorced	2,066	13.9
Female	717	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	243	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	135	55.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,017	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,195	15.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,922	100.0
With a disability	442	11.3

Population 21 to 64 years	8,794	100.0
With a disability	1,664	18.9
Percent employed	57.2	(X)
No disability	7,130	81.1
Percent employed	79.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,427	100.0
With a disability	954	39.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,377	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,503	54.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,597	43.7
Same county	3,676	21.2
Different county	3,921	22.6
Same state	2,735	15.7
Different state	1,186	6.8
Elsewhere in 1995	277	1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,351	100.0
Native	18,063	98.4
Born in United States	18,022	98.2
State of residence	13,710	74.7
Different state	4,312	23.5
Born outside United States	41	0.2
Foreign born	288	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	220	1.2
Naturalized citizen	37	0.2
Not a citizen	251	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	288	100.0
Europe	42	14.6
Asia	62	21.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	182	63.2
Northern America	2	0.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,377	100.0
English only	16,296	93.8
Language other than English	1,081	6.2
Speak English less than 'very well	416	2.4
Spanish	495	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	220	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	498	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	141	0.8
Asian and Pacific Island languages	78	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	50	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,351	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,840	86.3
Arab	63	0.3
Czech¹	25	0.1
Danish	29	0.2
Dutch	202	1.1
English	1,622	8.8
French (except Basque)¹	527	2.9
French Canadian¹	64	0.3
German	3,825	20.8
Greek	17	0.1
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	1,841	10.0
Italian	271	1.5
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	93	0.5
Polish	74	0.4
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	27	0.1
Scotch-Irish	280	1.5
Scottish	284	1.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	166	0.9
Swedish	153	0.8
Swiss	87	0.5
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,139	17.1
Welsh	137	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,906	15.8

(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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