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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics:  2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data
Geographic Area: Missouri

NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table.
NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.


Subject

Number

Percent

 

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

 

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

1,479,573

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

102,502

6.9

Kindergarten

77,764

5.3

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

663,155

44.8

High school (grades 9-12)

316,637

21.4

College or graduate school

319,515

21.6

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 

Population 25 years and over

3,634,906

100.0

Less than 9th grade

237,618

6.5

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

441,477

12.1

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

1,189,670

32.7

Some college, no degree

796,999

21.9

Associate degree

184,666

5.1

Bachelor's degree

507,892

14.0

Graduate or professional degree

276,584

7.6

 

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

81.3

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

21.6

(X)

 

 

 

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

Population 15 years and over

4,414,391

100.0

Never married

1,095,920

24.8

Now married, except separated

2,447,824

55.5

Separated

79,774

1.8

Widowed

315,532

7.1

Female

259,661

5.9

Divorced

475,341

10.8

Female

264,469

6.0

 

 

 

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

90,200

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

43,907

48.7

 

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

 

Civilian population 18 years and over

4,153,926

100.0

Civilian veterans

592,271

14.3

 

 

 

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 

Population 5 to 20 years

1,288,509

100.0

With a disability

103,038

8.0

 

 

 

Population 21 to 64 years

3,120,642

100.0

With a disability

567,320

18.2

Percent employed

55.3

(X)

No disability

2,553,322

81.8

Percent employed

80.0

(X)

 

 

 

Population 65 years and over

711,417

100.0

With a disability

303,279

42.6

 

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 

Population 5 years and over

5,226,022

100.0

Same house in 1995

2,803,368

53.6

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

2,355,291

45.1

Same county

1,229,176

23.5

Different county

1,126,115

21.5

Same state

652,746

12.5

Different state

473,369

9.1

Elsewhere in 1995

67,363

1.3

 

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 

Total population

5,595,211

100.0

Native

5,444,015

97.3

Born in United States

5,412,743

96.7

State of residence

3,792,261

67.8

Different state

1,620,482

29.0

Born outside United States

31,272

0.6

Foreign born

151,196

2.7

Entered 1990 to March 2000

79,223

1.4

Naturalized citizen

61,786

1.1

Not a citizen

89,410

1.6

 

 

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 

Total (excluding born at sea)

151,195

100.0

Europe

43,101

28.5

Asia

52,733

34.9

Africa

8,453

5.6

Oceania

1,580

1.0

Latin America

39,048

25.8

Northern America

6,280

4.2

 

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 

Population 5 years and over

5,226,022

100.0

English only

4,961,741

94.9

Language other than English

264,281

5.1

Speak English less than 'very well

103,019

2.0

Spanish

110,752

2.1

Speak English less than "very well"

45,990

0.9

Other Indo-European languages

97,816

1.9

Speak English less than "very well"

31,383

0.6

Asian and Pacific Island languages

41,970

0.8

Speak English less than "very well"

21,210

0.4

 

 

 

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 

Total population

5,595,211

100.0

Total ancestries reported

5,387,527

96.3

Arab

12,927

0.2

Czech1

31,006

0.6

Danish

18,207

0.3

Dutch

99,948

1.8

English

528,935

9.5

French (except Basque)1

195,586

3.5

French Canadian1

18,079

0.3

German

1,313,951

23.5

Greek

12,688

0.2

Hungarian

13,694

0.2

Irish1

711,995

12.7

Italian

176,209

3.1

Lithuanian

5,571

0.1

Norwegian

40,887

0.7

Polish

90,448

1.6

Portuguese

3,800

0.1

Russian

25,839

0.5

Scotch-Irish

92,706

1.7

Scottish

83,047

1.5

Slovak

4,612

0.1

Subsaharan African

26,140

0.5

Swedish

55,774

1.0

Swiss

21,909

0.4

Ukrainian

6,228

0.1

United States or American

587,082

10.5

Welsh

34,187

0.6

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

4,658

0.1

Other ancestries

1,171,414

20.9

(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.
Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB)
Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB)
Language Code List (PDF 17KB)
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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