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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: Taylor County, Kentucky

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

5,780

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

368

6.4

Kindergarten

243

4.2

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

2,620

45.3

High school (grades 9-12)

1,146

19.8

College or graduate school

1,403

24.3

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 

Population 25 years and over

15,253

100.0

Less than 9th grade

3,069

20.1

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

1,806

11.8

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

5,505

36.1

Some college, no degree

2,270

14.9

Associate degree

746

4.9

Bachelor's degree

1,003

6.6

Graduate or professional degree

854

5.6

 

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

68.0

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

12.2

(X)

 

 

 

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

Population 15 years and over

18,489

100.0

Never married

3,651

19.7

Now married, except separated

10,934

59.1

Separated

289

1.6

Widowed

1,575

8.5

Female

1,328

7.2

Divorced

2,040

11.0

Female

1,062

5.7

 

 

 

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 

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

328

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

112

34.1

 

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

 

Civilian population 18 years and over

17,555

100.0

Civilian veterans

1,857

10.6

 

 

 

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 

Population 5 to 20 years

5,135

100.0

With a disability

570

11.1

 

 

 

Population 21 to 64 years

12,940

100.0

With a disability

3,450

26.7

Percent employed

45.1

(X)

No disability

9,490

73.3

Percent employed

75.5

(X)

 

 

 

Population 65 years and over

3,387

100.0

With a disability

1,807

53.4

 

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 

Population 5 years and over

21,598

100.0

Same house in 1995

12,644

58.5

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

8,874

41.1

Same county

5,618

26.0

Different county

3,256

15.1

Same state

2,193

10.2

Different state

1,063

4.9

Elsewhere in 1995

80

0.4

 

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 

Total population

22,927

100.0

Native

22,630

98.7

Born in United States

22,572

98.5

State of residence

18,994

82.8

Different state

3,578

15.6

Born outside United States

58

0.3

Foreign born

297

1.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

214

0.9

Naturalized citizen

83

0.4

Not a citizen

214

0.9

 

 

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 

Total (excluding born at sea)

297

100.0

Europe

63

21.2

Asia

11

3.7

Africa

5

1.7

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

195

65.7

Northern America

23

7.7

 

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 

Population 5 years and over

21,598

100.0

English only

20,985

97.2

Language other than English

613

2.8

Speak English less than 'very well

259

1.2

Spanish

339

1.6

Speak English less than "very well"

157

0.7

Other Indo-European languages

203

0.9

Speak English less than "very well"

70

0.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

20

0.1

Speak English less than "very well"

11

0.1

 

 

 

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 

Total population

22,927

100.0

Total ancestries reported

15,401

67.2

Arab

0

0.0

Czech1

0

0.0

Danish

15

0.1

Dutch

208

0.9

English

1,585

6.9

French (except Basque)1

234

1.0

French Canadian1

32

0.1

German

1,120

4.9

Greek

5

0.0

Hungarian

42

0.2

Irish1

1,584

6.9

Italian

199

0.9

Lithuanian

0

0.0

Norwegian

44

0.2

Polish

34

0.1

Portuguese

15

0.1

Russian

0

0.0

Scotch-Irish

303

1.3

Scottish

144

0.6

Slovak

11

0.0

Subsaharan African

68

0.3

Swedish

26

0.1

Swiss

28

0.1

Ukrainian

19

0.1

United States or American

6,697

29.2

Welsh

12

0.1

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

7

0.0

Other ancestries

2,969

12.9

(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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