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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: Howard County, Arkansas |
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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.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
3,353 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
178 |
5.3 |
Kindergarten |
289 |
8.6 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
1,762 |
52.5 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
796 |
23.7 |
College or graduate school |
328 |
9.8 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
9,271 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
1,087 |
11.7 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
1,626 |
17.5 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
3,510 |
37.9 |
Some college, no degree |
1,659 |
17.9 |
Associate degree |
311 |
3.4 |
Bachelor's degree |
750 |
8.1 |
Graduate or professional degree |
328 |
3.5 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
70.7 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
11.6 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
11,108 |
100.0 |
Never married |
2,351 |
21.2 |
Now married, except separated |
6,492 |
58.4 |
Separated |
195 |
1.8 |
Widowed |
981 |
8.8 |
Female |
828 |
7.5 |
Divorced |
1,089 |
9.8 |
Female |
564 |
5.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
304 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
119 |
39.1 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
10,456 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
1,251 |
12.0 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
3,376 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
351 |
10.4 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
7,670 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,611 |
21.0 |
Percent employed |
57.7 |
(X) |
No disability |
6,059 |
79.0 |
Percent employed |
78.0 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
1,979 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,057 |
53.4 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
13,319 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
7,707 |
57.9 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
5,341 |
40.1 |
Same county |
3,104 |
23.3 |
Different county |
2,237 |
16.8 |
Same state |
1,404 |
10.5 |
Different state |
833 |
6.3 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
271 |
2.0 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
14,300 |
100.0 |
Native |
13,793 |
96.5 |
Born in United States |
13,740 |
96.1 |
State of residence |
9,829 |
68.7 |
Different state |
3,911 |
27.3 |
Born outside United States |
53 |
0.4 |
Foreign born |
507 |
3.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
389 |
2.7 |
Naturalized citizen |
63 |
0.4 |
Not a citizen |
444 |
3.1 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
507 |
100.0 |
Europe |
3 |
0.6 |
Asia |
41 |
8.1 |
Africa |
0 |
0.0 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
461 |
90.9 |
Northern America |
2 |
0.4 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
13,319 |
100.0 |
English only |
12,342 |
92.7 |
Language other than English |
977 |
7.3 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
546 |
4.1 |
Spanish |
630 |
4.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
457 |
3.4 |
Other Indo-European languages |
290 |
2.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
62 |
0.5 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
46 |
0.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
27 |
0.2 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
14,300 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
10,218 |
71.5 |
Arab |
0 |
0.0 |
Czech1 |
37 |
0.3 |
Danish |
0 |
0.0 |
Dutch |
197 |
1.4 |
English |
760 |
5.3 |
French (except Basque)1 |
80 |
0.6 |
French Canadian1 |
21 |
0.1 |
German |
884 |
6.2 |
Greek |
0 |
0.0 |
Hungarian |
9 |
0.1 |
Irish1 |
891 |
6.2 |
Italian |
130 |
0.9 |
Lithuanian |
0 |
0.0 |
Norwegian |
29 |
0.2 |
Polish |
67 |
0.5 |
Portuguese |
0 |
0.0 |
Russian |
0 |
0.0 |
Scotch-Irish |
182 |
1.3 |
Scottish |
72 |
0.5 |
Slovak |
2 |
0.0 |
Subsaharan African |
153 |
1.1 |
Swedish |
17 |
0.1 |
Swiss |
7 |
0.0 |
Ukrainian |
0 |
0.0 |
United States or American |
2,097 |
14.7 |
Welsh |
23 |
0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
56 |
0.4 |
Other ancestries |
4,504 |
31.5 |
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Percent |
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(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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