Pulaski County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pulaski county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,608	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	600	5.2
Kindergarten	573	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,418	46.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,192	18.9
College or graduate school	2,825	24.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,062	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,153	5.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,282	9.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,753	33.6
Some college, no degree	5,532	24.0
Associate degree	2,011	8.7
Bachelor's degree	2,961	12.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,370	5.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	31,571	100.0
Never married	8,340	26.4
Now married, except separated	18,618	59.0
Separated	540	1.7
Widowed	1,516	4.8
Female	1,276	4.0
Divorced	2,557	8.1
Female	1,301	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	507	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	214	42.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	21,559	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,741	26.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,193	100.0
With a disability	694	7.5

Population 21 to 64 years	17,124	100.0
With a disability	3,714	21.7
Percent employed	54.1	(X)
No disability	13,410	78.3
Percent employed	71.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,051	100.0
With a disability	1,695	55.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	38,014	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,484	35.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	22,218	58.4
Same county	6,175	16.2
Different county	16,043	42.2
Same state	2,208	5.8
Different state	13,835	36.4
Elsewhere in 1995	2,312	6.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	41,165	100.0
Native	39,198	95.2
Born in United States	37,168	90.3
State of residence	14,280	34.7
Different state	22,888	55.6
Born outside United States	2,030	4.9
Foreign born	1,967	4.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	566	1.4
Naturalized citizen	1,228	3.0
Not a citizen	739	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,967	100.0
Europe	770	39.1
Asia	777	39.5
Africa	14	0.7
Oceania	10	0.5
Latin America	349	17.7
Northern America	47	2.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	38,014	100.0
English only	34,140	89.8
Language other than English	3,874	10.2
Speak English less than 'very well	976	2.6
Spanish	1,623	4.3
Speak English less than "very well"	324	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	1,319	3.5
Speak English less than "very well"	258	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	862	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	378	1.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	41,165	100.0
Total ancestries reported	39,207	95.2
Arab	41	0.1
Czech¹	89	0.2
Danish	246	0.6
Dutch	666	1.6
English	3,046	7.4
French (except Basque)¹	941	2.3
French Canadian¹	379	0.9
German	7,059	17.1
Greek	30	0.1
Hungarian	102	0.2
Irish¹	4,362	10.6
Italian	1,039	2.5
Lithuanian	20	0.0
Norwegian	524	1.3
Polish	643	1.6
Portuguese	169	0.4
Russian	53	0.1
Scotch-Irish	544	1.3
Scottish	589	1.4
Slovak	28	0.1
Subsaharan African	155	0.4
Swedish	345	0.8
Swiss	56	0.1
Ukrainian	47	0.1
United States or American	5,118	12.4
Welsh	119	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	130	0.3
Other ancestries	12,667	30.8

(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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