Washington County, NE Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Washington county nebraska dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,340	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	393	7.4
Kindergarten	338	6.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,291	42.9
High school (grades 9-12)	1,325	24.8
College or graduate school	993	18.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,956	100.0
Less than 9th grade	521	4.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	705	5.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,265	35.7
Some college, no degree	2,903	24.3
Associate degree	853	7.1
Bachelor's degree	1,937	16.2
Graduate or professional degree	772	6.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,671	100.0
Never married	3,308	22.5
Now married, except separated	9,388	64.0
Separated	86	0.6
Widowed	881	6.0
Female	719	4.9
Divorced	1,008	6.9
Female	577	3.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	151	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	45	29.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,680	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,888	13.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,764	100.0
With a disability	375	7.9

Population 21 to 64 years	10,330	100.0
With a disability	1,374	13.3
Percent employed	76.4	(X)
No disability	8,956	86.7
Percent employed	87.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,250	100.0
With a disability	779	34.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,585	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,954	56.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,475	42.5
Same county	3,009	17.1
Different county	4,466	25.4
Same state	2,900	16.5
Different state	1,566	8.9
Elsewhere in 1995	156	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	18,780	100.0
Native	18,471	98.4
Born in United States	18,390	97.9
State of residence	13,575	72.3
Different state	4,815	25.6
Born outside United States	81	0.4
Foreign born	309	1.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	172	0.9
Naturalized citizen	158	0.8
Not a citizen	151	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	309	100.0
Europe	154	49.8
Asia	82	26.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	8	2.6
Latin America	44	14.2
Northern America	21	6.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,585	100.0
English only	17,015	96.8
Language other than English	570	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	216	1.2
Spanish	236	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	121	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	235	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	80	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	18,780	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,934	122.1
Arab	16	0.1
Czech¹	776	4.1
Danish	2,511	13.4
Dutch	316	1.7
English	1,987	10.6
French (except Basque)¹	509	2.7
French Canadian¹	88	0.5
German	7,751	41.3
Greek	39	0.2
Hungarian	8	0.0
Irish¹	2,760	14.7
Italian	478	2.5
Lithuanian	59	0.3
Norwegian	683	3.6
Polish	529	2.8
Portuguese	7	0.0
Russian	97	0.5
Scotch-Irish	288	1.5
Scottish	236	1.3
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	12	0.1
Swedish	1,036	5.5
Swiss	25	0.1
Ukrainian	29	0.2
United States or American	1,227	6.5
Welsh	65	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,398	7.4

(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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