Seward County, NE Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Seward county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,376	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	243	4.5
Kindergarten	215	4.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,909	35.5
High school (grades 9-12)	1,094	20.3
College or graduate school	1,915	35.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,009	100.0
Less than 9th grade	599	6.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	657	6.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,189	31.9
Some college, no degree	2,182	21.8
Associate degree	1,124	11.2
Bachelor's degree	1,512	15.1
Graduate or professional degree	746	7.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	13,213	100.0
Never married	3,344	25.3
Now married, except separated	8,099	61.3
Separated	45	0.3
Widowed	997	7.5
Female	761	5.8
Divorced	728	5.5
Female	356	2.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	107	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	54	50.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,343	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,469	11.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,625	100.0
With a disability	163	3.5

Population 21 to 64 years	8,351	100.0
With a disability	899	10.8
Percent employed	64.3	(X)
No disability	7,452	89.2
Percent employed	87.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,290	100.0
With a disability	713	31.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	15,562	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,590	55.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,852	44.0
Same county	2,633	16.9
Different county	4,219	27.1
Same state	2,862	18.4
Different state	1,357	8.7
Elsewhere in 1995	120	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,496	100.0
Native	16,214	98.3
Born in United States	16,179	98.1
State of residence	12,615	76.5
Different state	3,564	21.6
Born outside United States	35	0.2
Foreign born	282	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	124	0.8
Naturalized citizen	117	0.7
Not a citizen	165	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	282	100.0
Europe	90	31.9
Asia	81	28.7
Africa	8	2.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	65	23.0
Northern America	38	13.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	15,562	100.0
English only	14,936	96.0
Language other than English	626	4.0
Speak English less than 'very well	142	0.9
Spanish	265	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	65	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	300	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	49	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	55	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,496	100.0
Total ancestries reported	18,598	112.7
Arab	7	0.0
Czech¹	1,603	9.7
Danish	467	2.8
Dutch	362	2.2
English	1,596	9.7
French (except Basque)¹	281	1.7
French Canadian¹	58	0.4
German	9,140	55.4
Greek	4	0.0
Hungarian	9	0.1
Irish¹	1,570	9.5
Italian	170	1.0
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	294	1.8
Polish	305	1.8
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	80	0.5
Scotch-Irish	181	1.1
Scottish	115	0.7
Slovak	23	0.1
Subsaharan African	2	0.0
Swedish	567	3.4
Swiss	120	0.7
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	648	3.9
Welsh	52	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	20	0.1
Other ancestries	914	5.5

(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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