Defiance County, OH Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Defiance county ohio dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,009	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	561	5.6
Kindergarten	624	6.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,675	46.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,671	26.7
College or graduate school	1,478	14.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,426	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,048	4.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,848	11.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,641	45.8
Some college, no degree	4,651	18.3
Associate degree	1,614	6.3
Bachelor's degree	2,467	9.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,157	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	31,059	100.0
Never married	7,147	23.0
Now married, except separated	18,715	60.3
Separated	375	1.2
Widowed	1,998	6.4
Female	1,687	5.4
Divorced	2,824	9.1
Female	1,387	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	575	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	249	43.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	29,031	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,914	13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,462	100.0
With a disability	717	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	22,209	100.0
With a disability	3,772	17.0
Percent employed	63.5	(X)
No disability	18,437	83.0
Percent employed	82.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,783	100.0
With a disability	1,970	41.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,791	100.0
Same house in 1995	23,276	63.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,357	36.3
Same county	8,384	22.8
Different county	4,973	13.5
Same state	3,103	8.4
Different state	1,870	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	158	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	39,500	100.0
Native	38,901	98.5
Born in United States	38,681	97.9
State of residence	29,881	75.6
Different state	8,800	22.3
Born outside United States	220	0.6
Foreign born	599	1.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	238	0.6
Naturalized citizen	300	0.8
Not a citizen	299	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	599	100.0
Europe	137	22.9
Asia	79	13.2
Africa	10	1.7
Oceania	6	1.0
Latin America	223	37.2
Northern America	144	24.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,791	100.0
English only	34,363	93.4
Language other than English	2,428	6.6
Speak English less than 'very well	597	1.6
Spanish	1,772	4.8
Speak English less than "very well"	401	1.1
Other Indo-European languages	540	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	165	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	61	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	39,500	100.0
Total ancestries reported	38,142	96.6
Arab	90	0.2
Czech¹	238	0.6
Danish	17	0.0
Dutch	795	2.0
English	2,454	6.2
French (except Basque)¹	1,362	3.4
French Canadian¹	210	0.5
German	15,760	39.9
Greek	22	0.1
Hungarian	369	0.9
Irish¹	4,036	10.2
Italian	783	2.0
Lithuanian	15	0.0
Norwegian	61	0.2
Polish	528	1.3
Portuguese	10	0.0
Russian	44	0.1
Scotch-Irish	244	0.6
Scottish	374	0.9
Slovak	92	0.2
Subsaharan African	17	0.0
Swedish	345	0.9
Swiss	255	0.6
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	4,017	10.2
Welsh	276	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	5,723	14.5

(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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