Athens County, OH Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Athens county ohio dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	28,058	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	728	2.6
Kindergarten	529	1.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,226	18.6
High school (grades 9-12)	2,780	9.9
College or graduate school	18,795	67.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,563	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,347	4.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,037	12.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,790	34.2
Some college, no degree	5,212	16.5
Associate degree	2,064	6.5
Bachelor's degree	3,970	12.6
Graduate or professional degree	4,143	13.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	25.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	52,935	100.0
Never married	22,702	42.9
Now married, except separated	22,966	43.4
Separated	613	1.2
Widowed	2,543	4.8
Female	2,116	4.0
Divorced	4,111	7.8
Female	2,330	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	541	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	294	54.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	50,748	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,070	10.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	18,313	100.0
With a disability	1,406	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	34,741	100.0
With a disability	6,082	17.5
Percent employed	43.0	(X)
No disability	28,659	82.5
Percent employed	67.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,397	100.0
With a disability	2,251	41.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	59,224	100.0
Same house in 1995	26,305	44.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	31,640	53.4
Same county	11,309	19.1
Different county	20,331	34.3
Same state	15,515	26.2
Different state	4,816	8.1
Elsewhere in 1995	1,279	2.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	62,223	100.0
Native	60,180	96.7
Born in United States	59,831	96.2
State of residence	45,798	73.6
Different state	14,033	22.6
Born outside United States	349	0.6
Foreign born	2,043	3.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,423	2.3
Naturalized citizen	399	0.6
Not a citizen	1,644	2.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,043	100.0
Europe	394	19.3
Asia	1,248	61.1
Africa	64	3.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	209	10.2
Northern America	128	6.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	59,224	100.0
English only	56,027	94.6
Language other than English	3,197	5.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,180	2.0
Spanish	1,006	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	345	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,017	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	262	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	851	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	431	0.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	62,223	100.0
Total ancestries reported	58,764	94.4
Arab	425	0.7
Czech¹	272	0.4
Danish	117	0.2
Dutch	1,370	2.2
English	7,048	11.3
French (except Basque)¹	1,126	1.8
French Canadian¹	211	0.3
German	13,156	21.1
Greek	260	0.4
Hungarian	850	1.4
Irish¹	8,830	14.2
Italian	2,825	4.5
Lithuanian	116	0.2
Norwegian	263	0.4
Polish	1,884	3.0
Portuguese	39	0.1
Russian	420	0.7
Scotch-Irish	1,063	1.7
Scottish	1,549	2.5
Slovak	299	0.5
Subsaharan African	156	0.3
Swedish	427	0.7
Swiss	317	0.5
Ukrainian	236	0.4
United States or American	5,963	9.6
Welsh	1,175	1.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	107	0.2
Other ancestries	8,260	13.3

(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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