Mercer County, OH Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mercer county ohio dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,195	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	773	6.9
Kindergarten	608	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,737	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,802	25.0
College or graduate school	1,275	11.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,614	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,107	4.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,003	11.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,739	49.7
Some college, no degree	3,852	15.0
Associate degree	1,672	6.5
Bachelor's degree	1,925	7.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,316	5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,951	100.0
Never married	6,761	21.8
Now married, except separated	19,782	63.9
Separated	224	0.7
Widowed	2,022	6.5
Female	1,711	5.5
Divorced	2,162	7.0
Female	1,165	3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	259	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	133	51.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,787	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,566	12.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,671	100.0
With a disability	606	5.7

Population 21 to 64 years	21,251	100.0
With a disability	2,917	13.7
Percent employed	60.9	(X)
No disability	18,334	86.3
Percent employed	84.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,545	100.0
With a disability	2,061	37.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	37,887	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,086	66.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,701	33.5
Same county	8,905	23.5
Different county	3,796	10.0
Same state	2,677	7.1
Different state	1,119	3.0
Elsewhere in 1995	100	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	40,924	100.0
Native	40,614	99.2
Born in United States	40,506	99.0
State of residence	35,412	86.5
Different state	5,094	12.4
Born outside United States	108	0.3
Foreign born	310	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	69	0.2
Naturalized citizen	173	0.4
Not a citizen	137	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	310	100.0
Europe	81	26.1
Asia	97	31.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	71	22.9
Northern America	61	19.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	37,887	100.0
English only	36,881	97.3
Language other than English	1,006	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	320	0.8
Spanish	448	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	190	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	459	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	106	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	75	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	40,924	100.0
Total ancestries reported	38,760	94.7
Arab	40	0.1
Czech¹	110	0.3
Danish	17	0.0
Dutch	632	1.5
English	1,984	4.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,497	3.7
French Canadian¹	59	0.1
German	24,618	60.2
Greek	9	0.0
Hungarian	99	0.2
Irish¹	2,687	6.6
Italian	495	1.2
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	33	0.1
Polish	239	0.6
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	44	0.1
Scotch-Irish	260	0.6
Scottish	137	0.3
Slovak	23	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	62	0.2
Swiss	222	0.5
Ukrainian	18	0.0
United States or American	2,938	7.2
Welsh	317	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	3	0.0
Other ancestries	2,217	5.4

(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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