Gage County, NE Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Gage county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,467	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	400	7.3
Kindergarten	255	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,603	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,409	25.8
College or graduate school	800	14.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,689	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,432	9.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,396	8.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,098	38.9
Some college, no degree	3,178	20.3
Associate degree	1,162	7.4
Bachelor's degree	1,769	11.3
Graduate or professional degree	654	4.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	18,501	100.0
Never married	4,163	22.5
Now married, except separated	10,974	59.3
Separated	181	1.0
Widowed	1,696	9.2
Female	1,481	8.0
Divorced	1,487	8.0
Female	807	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	138	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	78	56.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	17,406	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,161	12.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,026	100.0
With a disability	391	7.8

Population 21 to 64 years	11,677	100.0
With a disability	1,932	16.5
Percent employed	67.3	(X)
No disability	9,745	83.5
Percent employed	88.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,987	100.0
With a disability	1,621	40.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	21,632	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,028	60.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,506	39.3
Same county	4,893	22.6
Different county	3,613	16.7
Same state	2,358	10.9
Different state	1,255	5.8
Elsewhere in 1995	98	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	22,993	100.0
Native	22,828	99.3
Born in United States	22,772	99.0
State of residence	18,056	78.5
Different state	4,716	20.5
Born outside United States	56	0.2
Foreign born	165	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	56	0.2
Naturalized citizen	82	0.4
Not a citizen	83	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	165	100.0
Europe	60	36.4
Asia	56	33.9
Africa	12	7.3
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	20	12.1
Northern America	17	10.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	21,632	100.0
English only	20,910	96.7
Language other than English	722	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	200	0.9
Spanish	179	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	64	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	481	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	111	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	32	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	25	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	22,993	100.0
Total ancestries reported	24,107	104.8
Arab	8	0.0
Czech¹	1,413	6.1
Danish	352	1.5
Dutch	779	3.4
English	1,845	8.0
French (except Basque)¹	636	2.8
French Canadian¹	69	0.3
German	11,702	50.9
Greek	37	0.2
Hungarian	12	0.1
Irish¹	2,443	10.6
Italian	239	1.0
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	224	1.0
Polish	306	1.3
Portuguese	15	0.1
Russian	62	0.3
Scotch-Irish	294	1.3
Scottish	194	0.8
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	9	0.0
Swedish	617	2.7
Swiss	181	0.8
Ukrainian	29	0.1
United States or American	1,116	4.9
Welsh	285	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	1,224	5.3

(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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