Hitchcock County, NE Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hitchcock county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	764	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	35	4.6
Kindergarten	42	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	348	45.5
High school (grades 9-12)	238	31.2
College or graduate school	101	13.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	2,180	100.0
Less than 9th grade	140	6.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	173	7.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	821	37.7
Some college, no degree	556	25.5
Associate degree	189	8.7
Bachelor's degree	212	9.7
Graduate or professional degree	89	4.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	2,553	100.0
Never married	451	17.7
Now married, except separated	1,596	62.5
Separated	19	0.7
Widowed	279	10.9
Female	213	8.3
Divorced	208	8.1
Female	116	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	20	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	10	50.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	2,360	100.0
Civilian veterans	359	15.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	715	100.0
With a disability	54	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	1,561	100.0
With a disability	234	15.0
Percent employed	62.8	(X)
No disability	1,327	85.0
Percent employed	80.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	641	100.0
With a disability	208	32.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	2,980	100.0
Same house in 1995	1,913	64.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	1,048	35.2
Same county	404	13.6
Different county	644	21.6
Same state	263	8.8
Different state	381	12.8
Elsewhere in 1995	19	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	3,111	100.0
Native	3,075	98.8
Born in United States	3,064	98.5
State of residence	2,140	68.8
Different state	924	29.7
Born outside United States	11	0.4
Foreign born	36	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	18	0.6
Naturalized citizen	20	0.6
Not a citizen	16	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	36	100.0
Europe	14	38.9
Asia	4	11.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	14	38.9
Northern America	4	11.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	2,980	100.0
English only	2,870	96.3
Language other than English	110	3.7
Speak English less than 'very well	40	1.3
Spanish	74	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	39	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	29	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	1	0.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	4	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	3,111	100.0
Total ancestries reported	3,442	110.6
Arab	5	0.2
Czech¹	114	3.7
Danish	42	1.4
Dutch	71	2.3
English	440	14.1
French (except Basque)¹	80	2.6
French Canadian¹	18	0.6
German	1,262	40.6
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	460	14.8
Italian	26	0.8
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	52	1.7
Polish	77	2.5
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	67	2.2
Scotch-Irish	71	2.3
Scottish	40	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	113	3.6
Swiss	3	0.1
Ukrainian	7	0.2
United States or American	246	7.9
Welsh	38	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	210	6.8

(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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