Dodge County, NE Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Dodge county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,093	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	600	6.6
Kindergarten	541	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,886	42.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,325	25.6
College or graduate school	1,741	19.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	23,787	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,496	6.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,430	10.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,569	40.2
Some college, no degree	5,456	22.9
Associate degree	1,260	5.3
Bachelor's degree	2,567	10.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,009	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	28,934	100.0
Never married	6,459	22.3
Now married, except separated	16,814	58.1
Separated	211	0.7
Widowed	2,557	8.8
Female	2,173	7.5
Divorced	2,893	10.0
Female	1,516	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	303	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	146	48.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,221	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,137	15.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,255	100.0
With a disability	530	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	19,205	100.0
With a disability	3,387	17.6
Percent employed	64.8	(X)
No disability	15,818	82.4
Percent employed	85.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,782	100.0
With a disability	2,041	35.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	33,861	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,389	57.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	14,152	41.8
Same county	7,808	23.1
Different county	6,344	18.7
Same state	4,017	11.9
Different state	2,327	6.9
Elsewhere in 1995	320	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	36,160	100.0
Native	35,163	97.2
Born in United States	35,031	96.9
State of residence	27,004	74.7
Different state	8,027	22.2
Born outside United States	132	0.4
Foreign born	997	2.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	544	1.5
Naturalized citizen	321	0.9
Not a citizen	676	1.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	997	100.0
Europe	68	6.8
Asia	82	8.2
Africa	28	2.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	795	79.7
Northern America	24	2.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	33,861	100.0
English only	31,957	94.4
Language other than English	1,904	5.6
Speak English less than 'very well	849	2.5
Spanish	1,315	3.9
Speak English less than "very well"	728	2.1
Other Indo-European languages	522	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	99	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	35	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	4	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	36,160	100.0
Total ancestries reported	41,584	115.0
Arab	63	0.2
Czech¹	2,590	7.2
Danish	1,880	5.2
Dutch	837	2.3
English	3,014	8.3
French (except Basque)¹	983	2.7
French Canadian¹	74	0.2
German	17,086	47.3
Greek	35	0.1
Hungarian	34	0.1
Irish¹	4,617	12.8
Italian	531	1.5
Lithuanian	30	0.1
Norwegian	861	2.4
Polish	974	2.7
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	140	0.4
Scotch-Irish	468	1.3
Scottish	417	1.2
Slovak	15	0.0
Subsaharan African	30	0.1
Swedish	2,280	6.3
Swiss	141	0.4
Ukrainian	11	0.0
United States or American	1,595	4.4
Welsh	160	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,712	7.5

(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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