Yankton County, SD Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Yankton county south dakota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,720	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	371	6.5
Kindergarten	326	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,593	45.3
High school (grades 9-12)	1,300	22.7
College or graduate school	1,130	19.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	14,178	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,016	7.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	952	6.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,820	34.0
Some college, no degree	3,152	22.2
Associate degree	970	6.8
Bachelor's degree	2,254	15.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,014	7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	23.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,058	100.0
Never married	4,116	24.1
Now married, except separated	10,150	59.5
Separated	188	1.1
Widowed	1,196	7.0
Female	963	5.6
Divorced	1,408	8.3
Female	751	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	162	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	136	84.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,054	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,356	14.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,916	100.0
With a disability	267	5.4

Population 21 to 64 years	11,158	100.0
With a disability	1,598	14.3
Percent employed	67.6	(X)
No disability	9,560	85.7
Percent employed	87.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,893	100.0
With a disability	1,089	37.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,292	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,136	54.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	9,009	44.4
Same county	4,054	20.0
Different county	4,955	24.4
Same state	2,342	11.5
Different state	2,613	12.9
Elsewhere in 1995	147	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	21,652	100.0
Native	21,317	98.5
Born in United States	21,250	98.1
State of residence	14,787	68.3
Different state	6,463	29.8
Born outside United States	67	0.3
Foreign born	335	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	114	0.5
Naturalized citizen	123	0.6
Not a citizen	212	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	335	100.0
Europe	96	28.7
Asia	109	32.5
Africa	14	4.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	95	28.4
Northern America	21	6.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,292	100.0
English only	19,164	94.4
Language other than English	1,128	5.6
Speak English less than 'very well	398	2.0
Spanish	405	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	131	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	582	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	195	1.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	43	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	21,652	100.0
Total ancestries reported	25,316	116.9
Arab	51	0.2
Czech¹	1,801	8.3
Danish	1,419	6.6
Dutch	702	3.2
English	1,160	5.4
French (except Basque)¹	432	2.0
French Canadian¹	86	0.4
German	9,462	43.7
Greek	27	0.1
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	2,252	10.4
Italian	267	1.2
Lithuanian	18	0.1
Norwegian	3,107	14.3
Polish	362	1.7
Portuguese	21	0.1
Russian	166	0.8
Scotch-Irish	152	0.7
Scottish	228	1.1
Slovak	6	0.0
Subsaharan African	56	0.3
Swedish	730	3.4
Swiss	87	0.4
Ukrainian	10	0.0
United States or American	1,017	4.7
Welsh	48	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	10	0.0
Other ancestries	1,639	7.6

(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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