Washington County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Washington county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,577	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	206	3.7
Kindergarten	290	5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,985	53.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,462	26.2
College or graduate school	634	11.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,796	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,428	16.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,120	21.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,233	35.4
Some college, no degree	2,401	16.2
Associate degree	503	3.4
Bachelor's degree	759	5.1
Graduate or professional degree	352	2.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	62.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	7.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,340	100.0
Never married	4,227	23.0
Now married, except separated	10,771	58.7
Separated	311	1.7
Widowed	1,249	6.8
Female	1,011	5.5
Divorced	1,782	9.7
Female	876	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	522	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	328	62.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,127	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,237	13.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,549	100.0
With a disability	554	10.0

Population 21 to 64 years	12,556	100.0
With a disability	3,347	26.7
Percent employed	39.0	(X)
No disability	9,209	73.3
Percent employed	69.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,565	100.0
With a disability	1,218	47.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,788	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,445	61.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,280	38.0
Same county	4,295	19.7
Different county	3,985	18.3
Same state	2,895	13.3
Different state	1,090	5.0
Elsewhere in 1995	63	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	23,344	100.0
Native	23,187	99.3
Born in United States	23,148	99.2
State of residence	19,641	84.1
Different state	3,507	15.0
Born outside United States	39	0.2
Foreign born	157	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	45	0.2
Naturalized citizen	88	0.4
Not a citizen	69	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	157	100.0
Europe	22	14.0
Asia	73	46.5
Africa	4	2.5
Oceania	5	3.2
Latin America	41	26.1
Northern America	12	7.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,788	100.0
English only	21,339	97.9
Language other than English	449	2.1
Speak English less than 'very well	172	0.8
Spanish	233	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	92	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	152	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	52	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	49	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	23,344	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,278	82.6
Arab	41	0.2
Czech¹	62	0.3
Danish	12	0.1
Dutch	414	1.8
English	1,368	5.9
French (except Basque)¹	3,642	15.6
French Canadian¹	94	0.4
German	2,426	10.4
Greek	71	0.3
Hungarian	17	0.1
Irish¹	2,250	9.6
Italian	192	0.8
Lithuanian	5	0.0
Norwegian	39	0.2
Polish	90	0.4
Portuguese	5	0.0
Russian	0	0.0
Scotch-Irish	393	1.7
Scottish	185	0.8
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	46	0.2
Swedish	65	0.3
Swiss	34	0.1
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	4,620	19.8
Welsh	82	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,120	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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