Codington County, SD Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Codington county south dakota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	6,730	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	432	6.4
Kindergarten	400	5.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,078	45.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,720	25.6
College or graduate school	1,100	16.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	16,377	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,246	7.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,156	7.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,242	38.1
Some college, no degree	3,403	20.8
Associate degree	1,248	7.6
Bachelor's degree	2,286	14.0
Graduate or professional degree	796	4.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	20,282	100.0
Never married	4,984	24.6
Now married, except separated	12,049	59.4
Separated	153	0.8
Widowed	1,487	7.3
Female	1,235	6.1
Divorced	1,609	7.9
Female	803	4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	213	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	74	34.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	18,939	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,506	13.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,364	100.0
With a disability	396	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	14,001	100.0
With a disability	1,888	13.5
Percent employed	66.7	(X)
No disability	12,113	86.5
Percent employed	87.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,595	100.0
With a disability	1,557	43.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	24,107	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,589	56.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,368	43.0
Same county	5,903	24.5
Different county	4,465	18.5
Same state	3,022	12.5
Different state	1,443	6.0
Elsewhere in 1995	150	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	25,897	100.0
Native	25,578	98.8
Born in United States	25,475	98.4
State of residence	19,448	75.1
Different state	6,027	23.3
Born outside United States	103	0.4
Foreign born	319	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	191	0.7
Naturalized citizen	106	0.4
Not a citizen	213	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	319	100.0
Europe	75	23.5
Asia	76	23.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	103	32.3
Northern America	65	20.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	24,107	100.0
English only	23,199	96.2
Language other than English	908	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	314	1.3
Spanish	374	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	161	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	457	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	113	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	56	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	25,897	100.0
Total ancestries reported	31,827	122.9
Arab	16	0.1
Czech¹	374	1.4
Danish	460	1.8
Dutch	1,027	4.0
English	1,436	5.5
French (except Basque)¹	722	2.8
French Canadian¹	154	0.6
German	13,381	51.7
Greek	14	0.1
Hungarian	12	0.0
Irish¹	2,432	9.4
Italian	192	0.7
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	6,421	24.8
Polish	707	2.7
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	108	0.4
Scotch-Irish	210	0.8
Scottish	222	0.9
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	8	0.0
Swedish	950	3.7
Swiss	68	0.3
Ukrainian	12	0.0
United States or American	1,004	3.9
Welsh	48	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,849	7.1

(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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