Pope County, AR Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pope county arkansas dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,194	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	823	5.4
Kindergarten	781	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,553	43.1
High school (grades 9-12)	3,086	20.3
College or graduate school	3,951	26.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,297	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,033	8.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,701	13.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,501	33.5
Some college, no degree	7,365	21.5
Associate degree	1,184	3.5
Bachelor's degree	4,379	12.8
Graduate or professional degree	2,134	6.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	43,024	100.0
Never married	8,959	20.8
Now married, except separated	26,011	60.5
Separated	575	1.3
Widowed	2,764	6.4
Female	2,260	5.3
Divorced	4,715	11.0
Female	2,633	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,052	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	572	54.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	40,511	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,801	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,436	100.0
With a disability	1,298	9.7

Population 21 to 64 years	30,507	100.0
With a disability	6,705	22.0
Percent employed	46.5	(X)
No disability	23,802	78.0
Percent employed	78.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,482	100.0
With a disability	3,412	52.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	51,044	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,908	50.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	24,813	48.6
Same county	13,811	27.1
Different county	11,002	21.6
Same state	6,016	11.8
Different state	4,986	9.8
Elsewhere in 1995	323	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	54,469	100.0
Native	53,522	98.3
Born in United States	53,267	97.8
State of residence	34,361	63.1
Different state	18,906	34.7
Born outside United States	255	0.5
Foreign born	947	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	459	0.8
Naturalized citizen	273	0.5
Not a citizen	674	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	947	100.0
Europe	238	25.1
Asia	265	28.0
Africa	10	1.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	389	41.1
Northern America	45	4.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	51,044	100.0
English only	49,202	96.4
Language other than English	1,842	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	716	1.4
Spanish	1,106	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	436	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	346	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	58	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	327	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	200	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	54,469	100.0
Total ancestries reported	43,338	79.6
Arab	3	0.0
Czech¹	167	0.3
Danish	110	0.2
Dutch	1,052	1.9
English	4,904	9.0
French (except Basque)¹	1,365	2.5
French Canadian¹	222	0.4
German	6,127	11.2
Greek	135	0.2
Hungarian	20	0.0
Irish¹	5,961	10.9
Italian	739	1.4
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	418	0.8
Polish	441	0.8
Portuguese	40	0.1
Russian	30	0.1
Scotch-Irish	1,044	1.9
Scottish	825	1.5
Slovak	69	0.1
Subsaharan African	41	0.1
Swedish	406	0.7
Swiss	62	0.1
Ukrainian	19	0.0
United States or American	9,958	18.3
Welsh	314	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	116	0.2
Other ancestries	8,748	16.1

(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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