Ripley County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Ripley county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,972	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	199	6.7
Kindergarten	167	5.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,649	55.5
High school (grades 9-12)	685	23.0
College or graduate school	272	9.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,092	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,613	17.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,830	20.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,010	33.1
Some college, no degree	1,577	17.3
Associate degree	354	3.9
Bachelor's degree	415	4.6
Graduate or professional degree	293	3.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	62.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	7.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	10,749	100.0
Never married	1,660	15.4
Now married, except separated	6,753	62.8
Separated	202	1.9
Widowed	983	9.1
Female	782	7.3
Divorced	1,151	10.7
Female	554	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	281	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	169	60.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,157	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,711	16.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,015	100.0
With a disability	223	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	7,313	100.0
With a disability	2,105	28.8
Percent employed	34.8	(X)
No disability	5,208	71.2
Percent employed	72.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,216	100.0
With a disability	1,189	53.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,697	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,671	60.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,971	39.2
Same county	2,791	22.0
Different county	2,180	17.2
Same state	1,231	9.7
Different state	949	7.5
Elsewhere in 1995	55	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,509	100.0
Native	13,363	98.9
Born in United States	13,330	98.7
State of residence	8,522	63.1
Different state	4,808	35.6
Born outside United States	33	0.2
Foreign born	146	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	49	0.4
Naturalized citizen	77	0.6
Not a citizen	69	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	146	100.0
Europe	55	37.7
Asia	44	30.1
Africa	4	2.7
Oceania	5	3.4
Latin America	26	17.8
Northern America	12	8.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,697	100.0
English only	12,348	97.3
Language other than English	349	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	102	0.8
Spanish	218	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	61	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	96	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	21	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	35	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,509	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,161	75.2
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	48	0.4
Danish	0	0.0
Dutch	249	1.8
English	1,092	8.1
French (except Basque)¹	294	2.2
French Canadian¹	55	0.4
German	1,348	10.0
Greek	9	0.1
Hungarian	23	0.2
Irish¹	1,685	12.5
Italian	119	0.9
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	75	0.6
Polish	134	1.0
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	10	0.1
Scotch-Irish	187	1.4
Scottish	83	0.6
Slovak	20	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	100	0.7
Swiss	12	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,749	20.3
Welsh	63	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,804	13.4

(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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