Dixon County, NE Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dixon county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,670	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	80	4.8
Kindergarten	69	4.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	861	51.6
High school (grades 9-12)	481	28.8
College or graduate school	179	10.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	4,147	100.0
Less than 9th grade	297	7.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	444	10.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,638	39.5
Some college, no degree	908	21.9
Associate degree	275	6.6
Bachelor's degree	416	10.0
Graduate or professional degree	169	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	4,935	100.0
Never married	1,074	21.8
Now married, except separated	3,114	63.1
Separated	48	1.0
Widowed	417	8.4
Female	358	7.3
Divorced	282	5.7
Female	139	2.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	57	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	26	45.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	4,598	100.0
Civilian veterans	657	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,563	100.0
With a disability	78	5.0

Population 21 to 64 years	3,215	100.0
With a disability	372	11.6
Percent employed	65.6	(X)
No disability	2,843	88.4
Percent employed	86.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,060	100.0
With a disability	343	32.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	5,951	100.0
Same house in 1995	4,028	67.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	1,857	31.2
Same county	743	12.5
Different county	1,114	18.7
Same state	609	10.2
Different state	505	8.5
Elsewhere in 1995	66	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	6,339	100.0
Native	6,121	96.6
Born in United States	6,101	96.2
State of residence	3,488	55.0
Different state	2,613	41.2
Born outside United States	20	0.3
Foreign born	218	3.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	130	2.1
Naturalized citizen	54	0.9
Not a citizen	164	2.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	218	100.0
Europe	26	11.9
Asia	5	2.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	185	84.9
Northern America	2	0.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	5,951	100.0
English only	5,516	92.7
Language other than English	435	7.3
Speak English less than 'very well	209	3.5
Spanish	366	6.2
Speak English less than "very well"	199	3.3
Other Indo-European languages	47	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	13	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	6,339	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,196	113.5
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	165	2.6
Danish	242	3.8
Dutch	126	2.0
English	414	6.5
French (except Basque)¹	130	2.1
French Canadian¹	16	0.3
German	2,899	45.7
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	2	0.0
Irish¹	894	14.1
Italian	52	0.8
Lithuanian	17	0.3
Norwegian	402	6.3
Polish	50	0.8
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	14	0.2
Scotch-Irish	88	1.4
Scottish	40	0.6
Slovak	1	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	695	11.0
Swiss	39	0.6
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	303	4.8
Welsh	28	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	577	9.1

(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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