Perry County, OH Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Perry county ohio dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,928	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	747	8.4
Kindergarten	510	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,391	49.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,212	24.8
College or graduate school	1,068	12.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	21,626	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,192	5.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,373	15.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,055	51.1
Some college, no degree	3,326	15.4
Associate degree	1,188	5.5
Bachelor's degree	979	4.5
Graduate or professional degree	513	2.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	6.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	26,124	100.0
Never married	5,678	21.7
Now married, except separated	15,858	60.7
Separated	280	1.1
Widowed	1,883	7.2
Female	1,568	6.0
Divorced	2,425	9.3
Female	1,253	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	675	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	353	52.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	24,468	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,348	13.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,479	100.0
With a disability	613	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	18,967	100.0
With a disability	4,334	22.9
Percent employed	52.7	(X)
No disability	14,633	77.1
Percent employed	74.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,920	100.0
With a disability	1,863	47.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,571	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,514	65.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,006	34.9
Same county	6,266	19.8
Different county	4,740	15.0
Same state	4,131	13.1
Different state	609	1.9
Elsewhere in 1995	51	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	34,078	100.0
Native	33,886	99.4
Born in United States	33,738	99.0
State of residence	30,347	89.1
Different state	3,391	10.0
Born outside United States	148	0.4
Foreign born	192	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	89	0.3
Naturalized citizen	99	0.3
Not a citizen	93	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	192	100.0
Europe	68	35.4
Asia	65	33.9
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	35	18.2
Northern America	24	12.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,571	100.0
English only	30,848	97.7
Language other than English	723	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	227	0.7
Spanish	291	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	93	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	381	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	110	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	47	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	24	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	34,078	100.0
Total ancestries reported	26,800	78.6
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	60	0.2
Danish	6	0.0
Dutch	783	2.3
English	2,751	8.1
French (except Basque)¹	549	1.6
French Canadian¹	76	0.2
German	7,459	21.9
Greek	70	0.2
Hungarian	481	1.4
Irish¹	4,039	11.9
Italian	960	2.8
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	74	0.2
Polish	195	0.6
Portuguese	6	0.0
Russian	8	0.0
Scotch-Irish	329	1.0
Scottish	416	1.2
Slovak	14	0.0
Subsaharan African	23	0.1
Swedish	103	0.3
Swiss	61	0.2
Ukrainian	8	0.0
United States or American	5,347	15.7
Welsh	319	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	23	0.1
Other ancestries	2,638	7.7

(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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