Scotts Bluff County, NE Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Scotts bluff county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,375	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	643	6.9
Kindergarten	553	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,421	47.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,217	23.6
College or graduate school	1,541	16.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,314	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,127	8.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,827	11.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,196	29.6
Some college, no degree	6,054	24.9
Associate degree	1,898	7.8
Bachelor's degree	2,997	12.3
Graduate or professional degree	1,215	5.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,170	100.0
Never married	6,141	21.1
Now married, except separated	17,249	59.1
Separated	396	1.4
Widowed	2,371	8.1
Female	1,997	6.8
Divorced	3,013	10.3
Female	1,752	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	462	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	257	55.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,343	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,660	13.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,520	100.0
With a disability	599	7.0

Population 21 to 64 years	19,448	100.0
With a disability	3,830	19.7
Percent employed	52.3	(X)
No disability	15,618	80.3
Percent employed	82.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,036	100.0
With a disability	2,242	37.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,493	100.0
Same house in 1995	19,686	57.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	14,423	41.8
Same county	8,791	25.5
Different county	5,632	16.3
Same state	1,977	5.7
Different state	3,655	10.6
Elsewhere in 1995	384	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	36,951	100.0
Native	35,447	95.9
Born in United States	35,272	95.5
State of residence	24,198	65.5
Different state	11,074	30.0
Born outside United States	175	0.5
Foreign born	1,504	4.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	640	1.7
Naturalized citizen	666	1.8
Not a citizen	838	2.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,504	100.0
Europe	126	8.4
Asia	116	7.7
Africa	2	0.1
Oceania	2	0.1
Latin America	1,195	79.5
Northern America	63	4.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,493	100.0
English only	29,767	86.3
Language other than English	4,726	13.7
Speak English less than 'very well	1,779	5.2
Spanish	3,929	11.4
Speak English less than "very well"	1,608	4.7
Other Indo-European languages	626	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	102	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	103	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	51	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	36,951	100.0
Total ancestries reported	39,495	106.9
Arab	46	0.1
Czech¹	535	1.4
Danish	682	1.8
Dutch	844	2.3
English	3,902	10.6
French (except Basque)¹	954	2.6
French Canadian¹	91	0.2
German	13,907	37.6
Greek	91	0.2
Hungarian	11	0.0
Irish¹	3,936	10.7
Italian	513	1.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	797	2.2
Polish	289	0.8
Portuguese	23	0.1
Russian	765	2.1
Scotch-Irish	634	1.7
Scottish	487	1.3
Slovak	8	0.0
Subsaharan African	9	0.0
Swedish	1,174	3.2
Swiss	207	0.6
Ukrainian	2	0.0
United States or American	1,460	4.0
Welsh	171	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	7,957	21.5

(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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