Arkansas County, AR Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Arkansas county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,072	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	391	7.7
Kindergarten	213	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,476	48.8
High school (grades 9-12)	1,249	24.6
College or graduate school	743	14.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	13,888	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,461	10.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,370	17.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,527	39.8
Some college, no degree	2,399	17.3
Associate degree	439	3.2
Bachelor's degree	1,176	8.5
Graduate or professional degree	516	3.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	16,492	100.0
Never married	3,198	19.4
Now married, except separated	9,569	58.0
Separated	339	2.1
Widowed	1,494	9.1
Female	1,246	7.6
Divorced	1,892	11.5
Female	1,041	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	603	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	390	64.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	15,563	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,812	11.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,470	100.0
With a disability	502	11.2

Population 21 to 64 years	11,454	100.0
With a disability	2,816	24.6
Percent employed	53.8	(X)
No disability	8,638	75.4
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,116	100.0
With a disability	1,704	54.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	19,372	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,784	60.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,504	38.7
Same county	4,971	25.7
Different county	2,533	13.1
Same state	1,653	8.5
Different state	880	4.5
Elsewhere in 1995	84	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,749	100.0
Native	20,666	99.6
Born in United States	20,649	99.5
State of residence	17,574	84.7
Different state	3,075	14.8
Born outside United States	17	0.1
Foreign born	83	0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	26	0.1
Naturalized citizen	37	0.2
Not a citizen	46	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	83	100.0
Europe	13	15.7
Asia	45	54.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	24	28.9
Northern America	1	1.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	19,372	100.0
English only	18,936	97.7
Language other than English	436	2.3
Speak English less than 'very well	202	1.0
Spanish	231	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	96	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	125	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	49	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	50	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	32	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,749	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,488	79.5
Arab	42	0.2
Czech¹	21	0.1
Danish	30	0.1
Dutch	244	1.2
English	1,361	6.6
French (except Basque)¹	416	2.0
French Canadian¹	20	0.1
German	2,226	10.7
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	0	0.0
Irish¹	1,621	7.8
Italian	155	0.7
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	47	0.2
Polish	62	0.3
Portuguese	0	0.0
Russian	16	0.1
Scotch-Irish	311	1.5
Scottish	165	0.8
Slovak	73	0.4
Subsaharan African	106	0.5
Swedish	35	0.2
Swiss	19	0.1
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,781	13.4
Welsh	38	0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	6,693	32.3

(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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