Wright County, MO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wright county missouri dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,349	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	285	6.6
Kindergarten	264	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,184	50.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,067	24.5
College or graduate school	549	12.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,638	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,489	12.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,871	16.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,736	40.7
Some college, no degree	2,103	18.1
Associate degree	293	2.5
Bachelor's degree	724	6.2
Graduate or professional degree	422	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	71.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	9.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,995	100.0
Never married	2,401	17.2
Now married, except separated	8,736	62.4
Separated	237	1.7
Widowed	1,187	8.5
Female	976	7.0
Divorced	1,434	10.2
Female	777	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	272	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	141	51.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,107	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,931	14.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,307	100.0
With a disability	246	5.7

Population 21 to 64 years	9,382	100.0
With a disability	2,305	24.6
Percent employed	43.8	(X)
No disability	7,077	75.4
Percent employed	76.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,834	100.0
With a disability	1,359	48.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,721	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,875	53.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,777	46.5
Same county	3,957	23.7
Different county	3,820	22.8
Same state	2,220	13.3
Different state	1,600	9.6
Elsewhere in 1995	69	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,955	100.0
Native	17,795	99.1
Born in United States	17,700	98.6
State of residence	11,827	65.9
Different state	5,873	32.7
Born outside United States	95	0.5
Foreign born	160	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	51	0.3
Naturalized citizen	76	0.4
Not a citizen	84	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	160	100.0
Europe	61	38.1
Asia	14	8.8
Africa	3	1.9
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	73	45.6
Northern America	9	5.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,721	100.0
English only	16,266	97.3
Language other than English	455	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	150	0.9
Spanish	237	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	105	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	182	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	21	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	3	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,955	100.0
Total ancestries reported	13,795	76.8
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	22	0.1
Danish	55	0.3
Dutch	366	2.0
English	1,450	8.1
French (except Basque)¹	328	1.8
French Canadian¹	47	0.3
German	2,050	11.4
Greek	10	0.1
Hungarian	31	0.2
Irish¹	1,827	10.2
Italian	134	0.7
Lithuanian	23	0.1
Norwegian	149	0.8
Polish	209	1.2
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	29	0.2
Scotch-Irish	299	1.7
Scottish	253	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	2	0.0
Swedish	164	0.9
Swiss	36	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	3,937	21.9
Welsh	90	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	19	0.1
Other ancestries	2,258	12.6

(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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