Washington County, Arkansas - Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006

Washington County, Arkansas

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006

Data Set: 2006 American Community Survey
Survey: American Community Survey

Social - Education, Marital Status, Relationships, Fertility, Grandparents...
Economic - Income, Employment, Occupation, Commuting to Work...
Housing - Occupancy and Structure, Housing Value and Costs, Utilities...
Demographic - Sex and Age, Race, Hispanic Origin, Housing Units...
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NOTE. Although the American Community Survey (ACS) produces population, demographic and housing unit estimates, it is the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program that produces and disseminates the official estimates of the population for the nation, states, counties, cities and towns and estimates of housing units for states and counties.

For more information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006	Estimate	Margin of Error
HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	73,257	+/-1,553
Family households (families)	46,841	+/-2,071
With own children under 18 years	23,950	+/-1,686
Married-couple families	35,272	+/-2,321
With own children under 18 years	17,285	+/-1,817
Male householder, no wife present	4,598	+/-1,231
With own children under 18 years	2,091	+/-834
Female householder, no husband present	6,971	+/-1,235
With own children under 18 years	4,574	+/-1,016
Nonfamily households	26,416	+/-1,790
Householder living alone	20,428	+/-1,935
65 years and over	6,091	+/-830

Households with one or more people under 18 years	25,988	+/-1,771
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	13,118	+/-609

Average household size	2.47	+/-0.05
Average family size	3.02	+/-0.10

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	180,889	+/-238
Householder	73,257	+/-1,553
Spouse	34,804	+/-2,280
Child	49,330	+/-2,082
Other relatives	10,567	+/-2,548
Nonrelatives	12,931	+/-1,901
Unmarried partner	4,502	+/-1,064

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	73,374	+/-692
Never married	25,507	+/-1,754
Now married, except separated	39,523	+/-2,210
Separated	1,135	+/-681
Widowed	1,101	+/-388
Divorced	6,108	+/-1,452

Females 15 years and over	72,741	+/-485
Never married	17,994	+/-1,538
Now married, except separated	37,345	+/-2,462
Separated	1,606	+/-656
Widowed	6,097	+/-683
Divorced	9,699	+/-1,611

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months	3,211	+/-626
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	1,052	+/-463
Per 1,000 unmarried women	46	+/-20
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	65	+/-13
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	33	+/-23
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	132	+/-27
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	7	+/-8

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years	N	N
Responsible for grandchildren	N	N
Years responsible for grandchildren
Less than 1 year	N	N
1 or 2 years	N	N
3 or 4 years	N	N
5 or more years	N	N

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Who are female	59.6%	+/-18.8
Who are married	N	N

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	53,027	+/-2,359
Nursery school, preschool	3,021	+/-1,072
Kindergarten	3,203	+/-816
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	18,619	+/-1,204
High school (grades 9-12)	9,450	+/-1,135
College or graduate school	18,734	+/-1,882

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	114,170	+/-667
Less than 9th grade	9,771	+/-1,454
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	12,756	+/-1,851
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	32,319	+/-2,265
Some college, no degree	23,691	+/-2,243
Associate's degree	5,461	+/-1,197
Bachelor's degree	19,185	+/-1,726
Graduate or professional degree	10,987	+/-1,649

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3%	+/-1.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	+/-2.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	138,367	+/-146
Civilian veterans	13,167	+/-1,316

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 years and over	170,198	+/-232
With a disability	26,979	+/-2,432

Population 5 to 15 years	27,815	+/-761
With a disability	2,850	+/-950

Population 16 to 64 years	125,540	+/-887
With a disability	16,163	+/-2,081

Population 65 years and over	16,843	+/-444
With a disability	7,966	+/-944

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	183,991	+/-672
Same house	134,260	+/-4,403
Different house in the U.S.	48,421	+/-4,658
Same county	33,464	+/-4,538
Different county	14,957	+/-2,802
Same state	7,218	+/-1,756
Different state	7,739	+/-2,314
Abroad	1,310	+/-798

PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	186,521	*****
Native	166,969	+/-1,838
Born in United States	164,719	+/-1,613
State of residence	90,442	+/-3,439
Different state	74,277	+/-3,292
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)	2,250	+/-943
Foreign born	19,552	+/-1,838

U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Foreign-born population	19,552	+/-1,838
Naturalized U.S. citizen	3,520	+/-908
Not a U.S. citizen	16,032	+/-2,041

YEAR OF ENTRY
Population born outside the United States	21,802	+/-1,613

Native	2,250	+/-943
Entered 2000 or later	782	+/-672
Entered before 2000	1,468	+/-660

Foreign born	19,552	+/-1,838
Entered 2000 or later	9,984	+/-1,958
Entered before 2000	9,568	+/-1,653

WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea	N	N
Europe	N	N
Asia	N	N
Africa	N	N
Oceania	N	N
Latin America	N	N
Northern America	N	N

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	N	N
English only	N	N
Language other than English	N	N
Speak English less than "very well"	N	N
Spanish	N	N
Speak English less than "very well"	N	N
Other Indo-European languages	N	N
Speak English less than "very well"	N	N
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	N	N
Speak English less than "very well"	N	N
Other languages	N	N
Speak English less than "very well"	N	N

ANCESTRY
Total population	186,521	*****
American	15,790	+/-2,332
Arab	429	+/-506
Czech	392	+/-316
Danish	553	+/-391
Dutch	4,347	+/-1,489
English	24,973	+/-3,491
French (except Basque)	4,976	+/-1,289
French Canadian	611	+/-491
German	29,372	+/-3,166
Greek	186	+/-246
Hungarian	161	+/-192
Irish	28,274	+/-4,002
Italian	3,408	+/-988
Lithuanian	0	+/-257
Norwegian	1,081	+/-659
Polish	2,919	+/-1,255
Portuguese	342	+/-509
Russian	269	+/-249
Scotch-Irish	3,176	+/-847
Scottish	5,366	+/-1,403
Slovak	174	+/-217
Subsaharan African	355	+/-377
Swedish	1,592	+/-707
Swiss	588	+/-596
Ukrainian	73	+/-122
Welsh	1,110	+/-700
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	464	+/-511

Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2006	Estimate	Margin of Error

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Notes:
�Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of people who responded with a particular ancestry; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Demographic Table).
�The Census Bureau introduced a new skip pattern for the disability questions in the 2003 ACS questionnaire. This change mainly affected two individual items -- go-outside-home disability and employment disability -- and the recode for disability status, which includes the two items. Accordingly, comparisons of data from 2003 or later with data from prior years are not recommended for the relevant questions. For more information, see the ACS Subject Definitions for Disability.
�Data for year of entry of the native population reflect the year of entry into the U.S. by people who were born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island Areas or born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen parent and who subsequently moved to the U.S.
�While the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the December 2005 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
6. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
7. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
8. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.

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