Harrison County, IN Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Harrison county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,341	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	545	6.5
Kindergarten	412	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,209	50.5
High school (grades 9-12)	2,016	24.2
College or graduate school	1,159	13.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	22,457	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,485	6.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,944	13.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,215	41.0
Some college, no degree	4,571	20.4
Associate degree	1,306	5.8
Bachelor's degree	1,945	8.7
Graduate or professional degree	991	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,071	100.0
Never married	5,482	20.3
Now married, except separated	16,953	62.6
Separated	279	1.0
Widowed	1,666	6.2
Female	1,326	4.9
Divorced	2,691	9.9
Female	1,462	5.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	549	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	179	32.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	25,362	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,530	13.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,134	100.0
With a disability	595	7.3

Population 21 to 64 years	19,920	100.0
With a disability	3,739	18.8
Percent employed	57.0	(X)
No disability	16,181	81.2
Percent employed	82.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,739	100.0
With a disability	1,661	44.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	32,121	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,119	62.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,835	36.8
Same county	4,951	15.4
Different county	6,884	21.4
Same state	3,819	11.9
Different state	3,065	9.5
Elsewhere in 1995	167	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	34,325	100.0
Native	34,006	99.1
Born in United States	33,806	98.5
State of residence	20,023	58.3
Different state	13,783	40.2
Born outside United States	200	0.6
Foreign born	319	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	128	0.4
Naturalized citizen	119	0.3
Not a citizen	200	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	319	100.0
Europe	65	20.4
Asia	55	17.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	179	56.1
Northern America	20	6.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	32,121	100.0
English only	31,340	97.6
Language other than English	781	2.4
Speak English less than 'very well	228	0.7
Spanish	471	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	193	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	253	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	42	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	34,325	100.0
Total ancestries reported	29,412	85.7
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	18	0.1
Danish	47	0.1
Dutch	583	1.7
English	3,093	9.0
French (except Basque)¹	1,008	2.9
French Canadian¹	31	0.1
German	9,420	27.4
Greek	0	0.0
Hungarian	55	0.2
Irish¹	4,048	11.8
Italian	363	1.1
Lithuanian	17	0.0
Norwegian	162	0.5
Polish	292	0.9
Portuguese	50	0.1
Russian	68	0.2
Scotch-Irish	616	1.8
Scottish	507	1.5
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	23	0.1
Swedish	84	0.2
Swiss	53	0.2
Ukrainian	25	0.1
United States or American	5,431	15.8
Welsh	163	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	3,255	9.5

(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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