Buffalo County, NE Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Buffalo county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	14,318	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	691	4.8
Kindergarten	548	3.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,655	32.5
High school (grades 9-12)	2,572	18.0
College or graduate school	5,852	40.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,177	100.0
Less than 9th grade	965	4.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,653	6.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,441	26.6
Some college, no degree	6,188	25.6
Associate degree	1,623	6.7
Bachelor's degree	4,865	20.1
Graduate or professional degree	2,442	10.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	30.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,735	100.0
Never married	10,933	32.4
Now married, except separated	18,094	53.6
Separated	268	0.8
Widowed	1,906	5.6
Female	1,547	4.6
Divorced	2,534	7.5
Female	1,433	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	244	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	63	25.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,758	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,372	10.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,084	100.0
With a disability	839	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	23,113	100.0
With a disability	3,046	13.2
Percent employed	68.6	(X)
No disability	20,067	86.8
Percent employed	87.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,473	100.0
With a disability	1,733	38.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	39,470	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,880	47.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	20,190	51.2
Same county	9,788	24.8
Different county	10,402	26.4
Same state	7,412	18.8
Different state	2,990	7.6
Elsewhere in 1995	400	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,259	100.0
Native	41,162	97.4
Born in United States	40,948	96.9
State of residence	31,859	75.4
Different state	9,089	21.5
Born outside United States	214	0.5
Foreign born	1,097	2.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	522	1.2
Naturalized citizen	380	0.9
Not a citizen	717	1.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,097	100.0
Europe	132	12.0
Asia	225	20.5
Africa	24	2.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	703	64.1
Northern America	13	1.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	39,470	100.0
English only	36,841	93.3
Language other than English	2,629	6.7
Speak English less than 'very well	967	2.4
Spanish	1,834	4.6
Speak English less than "very well"	730	1.8
Other Indo-European languages	596	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	151	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	94	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,259	100.0
Total ancestries reported	48,853	115.6
Arab	154	0.4
Czech¹	1,611	3.8
Danish	1,700	4.0
Dutch	1,049	2.5
English	4,653	11.0
French (except Basque)¹	951	2.3
French Canadian¹	118	0.3
German	18,281	43.3
Greek	97	0.2
Hungarian	24	0.1
Irish¹	5,213	12.3
Italian	576	1.4
Lithuanian	13	0.0
Norwegian	1,015	2.4
Polish	1,456	3.4
Portuguese	44	0.1
Russian	256	0.6
Scotch-Irish	683	1.6
Scottish	570	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	22	0.1
Swedish	3,155	7.5
Swiss	231	0.5
Ukrainian	18	0.0
United States or American	2,323	5.5
Welsh	322	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	50	0.1
Other ancestries	4,268	10.1

(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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