Guernsey County, OH Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Guernsey county ohio dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,866	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	608	6.2
Kindergarten	577	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,055	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,521	25.6
College or graduate school	1,105	11.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	26,839	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,663	6.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,123	15.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,400	46.2
Some college, no degree	4,474	16.7
Associate degree	1,489	5.5
Bachelor's degree	1,634	6.1
Graduate or professional degree	1,056	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	31,960	100.0
Never married	6,916	21.6
Now married, except separated	18,285	57.2
Separated	624	2.0
Widowed	2,460	7.7
Female	2,031	6.4
Divorced	3,675	11.5
Female	1,899	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	594	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	289	48.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	30,057	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,524	15.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,373	100.0
With a disability	762	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	22,612	100.0
With a disability	4,724	20.9
Percent employed	45.4	(X)
No disability	17,888	79.1
Percent employed	73.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,579	100.0
With a disability	2,427	43.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	38,024	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,794	59.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,166	39.9
Same county	9,704	25.5
Different county	5,462	14.4
Same state	3,951	10.4
Different state	1,511	4.0
Elsewhere in 1995	64	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	40,792	100.0
Native	40,347	98.9
Born in United States	40,232	98.6
State of residence	33,445	82.0
Different state	6,787	16.6
Born outside United States	115	0.3
Foreign born	445	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	90	0.2
Naturalized citizen	284	0.7
Not a citizen	161	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	445	100.0
Europe	190	42.7
Asia	140	31.5
Africa	8	1.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	51	11.5
Northern America	56	12.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	38,024	100.0
English only	36,510	96.0
Language other than English	1,514	4.0
Speak English less than 'very well	419	1.1
Spanish	474	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	144	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	953	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	251	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	70	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	13	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	40,792	100.0
Total ancestries reported	35,060	85.9
Arab	260	0.6
Czech¹	359	0.9
Danish	18	0.0
Dutch	1,068	2.6
English	4,487	11.0
French (except Basque)¹	780	1.9
French Canadian¹	88	0.2
German	7,704	18.9
Greek	187	0.5
Hungarian	233	0.6
Irish¹	5,702	14.0
Italian	993	2.4
Lithuanian	35	0.1
Norwegian	98	0.2
Polish	859	2.1
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	70	0.2
Scotch-Irish	906	2.2
Scottish	630	1.5
Slovak	1,162	2.8
Subsaharan African	50	0.1
Swedish	131	0.3
Swiss	187	0.5
Ukrainian	41	0.1
United States or American	4,572	11.2
Welsh	524	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	13	0.0
Other ancestries	3,901	9.6

(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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