Walsh County, ND Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Walsh county north dakota dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,811	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	179	6.4
Kindergarten	126	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,451	51.6
High school (grades 9-12)	861	30.6
College or graduate school	194	6.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,530	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,207	14.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	788	9.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,736	32.1
Some college, no degree	2,062	24.2
Associate degree	604	7.1
Bachelor's degree	931	10.9
Graduate or professional degree	202	2.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	9,952	100.0
Never married	2,212	22.2
Now married, except separated	5,937	59.7
Separated	84	0.8
Widowed	989	9.9
Female	807	8.1
Divorced	730	7.3
Female	335	3.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	91	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	65	71.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	9,318	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,343	14.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,741	100.0
With a disability	286	10.4

Population 21 to 64 years	6,507	100.0
With a disability	1,219	18.7
Percent employed	57.3	(X)
No disability	5,288	81.3
Percent employed	83.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,226	100.0
With a disability	838	37.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	11,686	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,165	69.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	3,469	29.7
Same county	2,075	17.8
Different county	1,394	11.9
Same state	796	6.8
Different state	598	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	52	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	12,389	100.0
Native	12,155	98.1
Born in United States	12,097	97.6
State of residence	10,143	81.9
Different state	1,954	15.8
Born outside United States	58	0.5
Foreign born	234	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	33	0.3
Naturalized citizen	155	1.3
Not a citizen	79	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	234	100.0
Europe	47	20.1
Asia	4	1.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	110	47.0
Northern America	73	31.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	11,686	100.0
English only	10,480	89.7
Language other than English	1,206	10.3
Speak English less than 'very well	299	2.6
Spanish	536	4.6
Speak English less than "very well"	148	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	656	5.6
Speak English less than "very well"	151	1.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	4	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	12,389	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,839	127.8
Arab	12	0.1
Czech¹	1,495	12.1
Danish	91	0.7
Dutch	172	1.4
English	352	2.8
French (except Basque)¹	762	6.2
French Canadian¹	144	1.2
German	2,630	21.2
Greek	7	0.1
Hungarian	13	0.1
Irish¹	948	7.7
Italian	45	0.4
Lithuanian	4	0.0
Norwegian	5,032	40.6
Polish	1,378	11.1
Portuguese	3	0.0
Russian	64	0.5
Scotch-Irish	199	1.6
Scottish	165	1.3
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	535	4.3
Swiss	3	0.0
Ukrainian	16	0.1
United States or American	190	1.5
Welsh	13	0.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	1,566	12.6

(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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