Sanders County, MT Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Sanders county montana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,280	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	84	3.7
Kindergarten	88	3.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,197	52.5
High school (grades 9-12)	682	29.9
College or graduate school	229	10.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	7,242	100.0
Less than 9th grade	369	5.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	995	13.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,693	37.2
Some college, no degree	1,651	22.8
Associate degree	408	5.6
Bachelor's degree	798	11.0
Graduate or professional degree	328	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	8,331	100.0
Never married	1,432	17.2
Now married, except separated	5,102	61.2
Separated	130	1.6
Widowed	691	8.3
Female	519	6.2
Divorced	976	11.7
Female	470	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	107	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	55	51.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	7,797	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,699	21.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,253	100.0
With a disability	185	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	5,721	100.0
With a disability	1,398	24.4
Percent employed	48.4	(X)
No disability	4,323	75.6
Percent employed	67.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,685	100.0
With a disability	771	45.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	9,743	100.0
Same house in 1995	5,523	56.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,123	42.3
Same county	1,574	16.2
Different county	2,549	26.2
Same state	852	8.7
Different state	1,697	17.4
Elsewhere in 1995	97	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	10,227	100.0
Native	10,024	98.0
Born in United States	9,961	97.4
State of residence	3,914	38.3
Different state	6,047	59.1
Born outside United States	63	0.6
Foreign born	203	2.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	62	0.6
Naturalized citizen	80	0.8
Not a citizen	123	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	203	100.0
Europe	75	36.9
Asia	32	15.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	4	2.0
Latin America	32	15.8
Northern America	60	29.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	9,743	100.0
English only	9,349	96.0
Language other than English	394	4.0
Speak English less than 'very well	112	1.1
Spanish	118	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	201	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	19	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	14	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	10,227	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,837	106.0
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	74	0.7
Danish	173	1.7
Dutch	289	2.8
English	1,452	14.2
French (except Basque)¹	429	4.2
French Canadian¹	161	1.6
German	2,160	21.1
Greek	31	0.3
Hungarian	30	0.3
Irish¹	1,420	13.9
Italian	259	2.5
Lithuanian	32	0.3
Norwegian	627	6.1
Polish	192	1.9
Portuguese	13	0.1
Russian	57	0.6
Scotch-Irish	335	3.3
Scottish	350	3.4
Slovak	13	0.1
Subsaharan African	12	0.1
Swedish	229	2.2
Swiss	66	0.6
Ukrainian	24	0.2
United States or American	609	6.0
Welsh	73	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	1,723	16.8

(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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