Saunders County, NE Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Saunders county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,208	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	289	5.5
Kindergarten	318	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,637	50.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,379	26.5
College or graduate school	585	11.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,047	100.0
Less than 9th grade	611	4.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,111	8.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,006	38.4
Some college, no degree	3,118	23.9
Associate degree	995	7.6
Bachelor's degree	1,623	12.4
Graduate or professional degree	583	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,310	100.0
Never married	3,098	20.2
Now married, except separated	9,771	63.8
Separated	98	0.6
Widowed	1,099	7.2
Female	897	5.9
Divorced	1,244	8.1
Female	644	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	170	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	68	40.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,266	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,106	14.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,931	100.0
With a disability	314	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	10,576	100.0
With a disability	1,316	12.4
Percent employed	66.9	(X)
No disability	9,260	87.6
Percent employed	86.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,817	100.0
With a disability	1,023	36.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,576	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,920	64.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,550	35.3
Same county	2,804	15.1
Different county	3,746	20.2
Same state	2,908	15.7
Different state	838	4.5
Elsewhere in 1995	106	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,830	100.0
Native	19,593	98.8
Born in United States	19,539	98.5
State of residence	15,872	80.0
Different state	3,667	18.5
Born outside United States	54	0.3
Foreign born	237	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	137	0.7
Naturalized citizen	104	0.5
Not a citizen	133	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	237	100.0
Europe	62	26.2
Asia	74	31.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	1	0.4
Latin America	86	36.3
Northern America	14	5.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,576	100.0
English only	17,738	95.5
Language other than English	838	4.5
Speak English less than 'very well	274	1.5
Spanish	310	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	105	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	472	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	152	0.8
Asian and Pacific Island languages	30	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	15	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,830	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,896	115.5
Arab	44	0.2
Czech¹	4,154	20.9
Danish	491	2.5
Dutch	468	2.4
English	1,603	8.1
French (except Basque)¹	455	2.3
French Canadian¹	38	0.2
German	7,422	37.4
Greek	43	0.2
Hungarian	45	0.2
Irish¹	2,391	12.1
Italian	335	1.7
Lithuanian	63	0.3
Norwegian	399	2.0
Polish	547	2.8
Portuguese	8	0.0
Russian	69	0.3
Scotch-Irish	208	1.0
Scottish	177	0.9
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	1,670	8.4
Swiss	71	0.4
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	1,002	5.1
Welsh	128	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,056	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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