Clay County, SD Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Clay county south dakota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,399	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	149	2.3
Kindergarten	137	2.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,159	18.1
High school (grades 9-12)	557	8.7
College or graduate school	4,397	68.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	6,719	100.0
Less than 9th grade	390	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	314	4.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,552	23.1
Some college, no degree	1,526	22.7
Associate degree	340	5.1
Bachelor's degree	1,427	21.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,170	17.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	89.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	38.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,370	100.0
Never married	4,807	42.3
Now married, except separated	5,431	47.8
Separated	62	0.5
Widowed	511	4.5
Female	447	3.9
Divorced	559	4.9
Female	353	3.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	34	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	11	32.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,930	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,055	9.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,904	100.0
With a disability	240	6.1

Population 21 to 64 years	7,458	100.0
With a disability	840	11.3
Percent employed	69.6	(X)
No disability	6,618	88.7
Percent employed	76.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,199	100.0
With a disability	435	36.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	12,806	100.0
Same house in 1995	5,049	39.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,443	58.1
Same county	1,947	15.2
Different county	5,496	42.9
Same state	3,305	25.8
Different state	2,191	17.1
Elsewhere in 1995	314	2.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	13,537	100.0
Native	13,189	97.4
Born in United States	13,067	96.5
State of residence	8,274	61.1
Different state	4,793	35.4
Born outside United States	122	0.9
Foreign born	348	2.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	235	1.7
Naturalized citizen	88	0.7
Not a citizen	260	1.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	348	100.0
Europe	63	18.1
Asia	180	51.7
Africa	21	6.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	71	20.4
Northern America	13	3.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	12,806	100.0
English only	12,154	94.9
Language other than English	652	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	242	1.9
Spanish	163	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	49	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	239	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	59	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	166	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	103	0.8

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	13,537	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,435	114.0
Arab	30	0.2
Czech¹	372	2.7
Danish	571	4.2
Dutch	710	5.2
English	936	6.9
French (except Basque)¹	488	3.6
French Canadian¹	104	0.8
German	4,631	34.2
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,796	13.3
Italian	144	1.1
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	2,254	16.7
Polish	172	1.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	102	0.8
Scotch-Irish	201	1.5
Scottish	163	1.2
Slovak	7	0.1
Subsaharan African	11	0.1
Swedish	657	4.9
Swiss	42	0.3
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	410	3.0
Welsh	67	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	35	0.3
Other ancestries	1,526	11.3

(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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