Drakesboro, KY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2122348, place: Drakesboro city, Kentucky)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 133 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (4.51%)
Kindergarten: 16 (12.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 71 (53.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 38 (28.57%)
College or graduate school: 2 (1.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 386 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 74 (19.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 75 (19.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 165 (42.75%)
Some college, no degree: 37 (9.59%)
Associate degree: 10 (2.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 11 (2.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (3.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 462 (100%)
Never married: 97 (21%)
Now married, except separated: 223 (48.27%)
Separated: 9 (1.95%)
Total Widowed: 70 (15.15%)
Widowed Female: 51 (11.04%)
Total Divorced: 63 (13.64%)
Divorced Female: 39 (8.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (47.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 431 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 50 (11.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 133 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (13.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 303 (100%)
--With a disability: 90 (29.7%)
----Percent employed: 36.7%
--No disability: 213 (70.3%)
----Percent employed: 63.8%
Population 65 years and over: 116 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (47.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 552 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 435 (78.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 113 (20.47%)
--Same county: 82 (14.86%)
--Different county: 31 (5.62%)
----Same state: 18 (3.26%)
----Different state: 13 (2.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 607 (100%)
Native: 607 (100%)
--Born in United States: 607 (100%)
----State of residence: 510 (84.02%)
----Different state: 97 (15.98%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 552 (100%)
English only: 543 (98.37%)
Language other than English: 9 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.36%)
--Spanish: 8 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 607 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 430% (70.84%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.33%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 9 (1.48%)
English: 36 (5.93%)
French (except Basque): 7 (1.15%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 20 (3.29%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 46 (7.58%)
Italian: 4 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.82%)
Scottish: 3 (0.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.82%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 213 (35.09%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 80 (13.18%)

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