Scott County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Scott county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,018	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	778	7.8
Kindergarten	553	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,221	52.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,300	23.0
College or graduate school	1,166	11.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,749	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,127	12.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,860	15.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,984	42.7
Some college, no degree	4,469	17.4
Associate degree	567	2.2
Bachelor's degree	1,868	7.3
Graduate or professional degree	874	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	31,195	100.0
Never married	6,602	21.2
Now married, except separated	18,024	57.8
Separated	498	1.6
Widowed	2,663	8.5
Female	2,361	7.6
Divorced	3,408	10.9
Female	1,841	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	761	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	372	48.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	29,312	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,054	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,712	100.0
With a disability	791	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	22,173	100.0
With a disability	4,496	20.3
Percent employed	46.8	(X)
No disability	17,677	79.7
Percent employed	79.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,173	100.0
With a disability	2,483	48.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	37,543	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,012	56.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,346	43.5
Same county	10,038	26.7
Different county	6,308	16.8
Same state	4,028	10.7
Different state	2,280	6.1
Elsewhere in 1995	185	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	40,422	100.0
Native	40,192	99.4
Born in United States	40,041	99.1
State of residence	30,699	75.9
Different state	9,342	23.1
Born outside United States	151	0.4
Foreign born	230	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	122	0.3
Naturalized citizen	96	0.2
Not a citizen	134	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	230	100.0
Europe	84	36.5
Asia	81	35.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	59	25.7
Northern America	6	2.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	37,543	100.0
English only	36,835	98.1
Language other than English	708	1.9
Speak English less than 'very well	209	0.6
Spanish	350	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	81	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	295	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	89	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	61	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	39	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	40,422	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,230	82.2
Arab	17	0.0
Czech¹	83	0.2
Danish	40	0.1
Dutch	821	2.0
English	2,759	6.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,377	3.4
French Canadian¹	70	0.2
German	7,490	18.5
Greek	29	0.1
Hungarian	6	0.0
Irish¹	4,502	11.1
Italian	259	0.6
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	76	0.2
Polish	242	0.6
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	37	0.1
Scotch-Irish	389	1.0
Scottish	388	1.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	57	0.1
Swedish	135	0.3
Swiss	56	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	6,933	17.2
Welsh	152	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	26	0.1
Other ancestries	7,284	18.0

(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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