Language Spoken At Home in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 25,638 | 100% |
English only | 22,319 | 87.1% |
Language other than English | 3,319 | 12.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,265 | 4.9% |
Spanish | 2,537 | 9.9% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,129 | 4.4% |
Other Indo-European languages | 541 | 2.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 126 | 0.5% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 159 | 0.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 10 | 0.0% |
Other languages | 82 | 0.3% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 27,583 | 100% |
American | 2,141 | 7.8% |
Arab | 79 | 0.3% |
Czech | 141 | 0.5% |
Danish | 109 | 0.4% |
Dutch | 791 | 2.9% |
English | 2,530 | 9.2% |
French (except Basque) | 548 | 2.0% |
French Canadian | 203 | 0.7% |
German | 5,796 | 21.0% |
Greek | 4 | 0.0% |
Hungarian | 23 | 0.1% |
Irish | 3,284 | 11.9% |
Italian | 557 | 2.0% |
Lithuanian | 0 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 218 | 0.8% |
Polish | 282 | 1.0% |
Portuguese | 0 | 0.0% |
Russian | 65 | 0.2% |
Scotch-Irish | 322 | 1.2% |
Scottish | 362 | 1.3% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 56 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 302 | 1.1% |
Swiss | 82 | 0.3% |
Ukrainian | 1 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 209 | 0.8% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 273 | 1.0% |
Households By Type in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 10,421 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 6,670 | 64.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,716 | 26.1% |
Married-couple family | 4,812 | 46.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,699 | 16.3% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 814 | 7.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 362 | 3.5% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 1,044 | 10.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 655 | 6.3% |
Nonfamily households | 3,751 | 36.0% |
Householder living alone | 2,908 | 27.9% |
65 years and over | 1,052 | 10.1% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 3,062 | 29.4% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 2,336 | 22.4% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 26,006 | 100% |
Householder | 10,421 | 40.1% |
Spouse | 4,719 | 18.1% |
Child | 7,168 | 27.6% |
Other relatives | 1,709 | 6.6% |
Nonrelatives | 1,989 | 7.6% |
Unmarried partner | 844 | 3.2% |
Marital Status in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 11,009 | 100% |
Never married | 3,809 | 34.6% |
Now married, except separated | 5,299 | 48.1% |
Separated | 229 | 2.1% |
Widowed | 459 | 4.2% |
Divorced | 1,213 | 11.0% |
Females 15 years and over | 11,152 | 100% |
Never married | 3,314 | 29.7% |
Now married, except separated | 5,114 | 45.9% |
Separated | 132 | 1.2% |
Widowed | 1,086 | 9.7% |
Divorced | 1,506 | 13.5% |
Fertility in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 541 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 284 | 52.5% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 72 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 78 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 4 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 124 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 42 | 0% |
Grandparents in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 527 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 291 | 55.2% |
Less than 1 year | 27 | 5.1% |
1 or 2 years | 49 | 9.3% |
3 or 4 years | 44 | 8.3% |
5 or more years | 171 | 32.4% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 291 | 100% |
Who are female | 202 | 69.4% |
Who are married | 157 | 54.0% |
School Enrollment in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 8,652 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 523 | 6.0% |
Kindergarten | 452 | 5.2% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 2,598 | 30.0% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,404 | 16.2% |
College or graduate school | 3,675 | 42.5% |
Educational Attainment in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 16,218 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 1,052 | 6.5% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 1,485 | 9.2% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 4,955 | 30.6% |
Some college, no degree | 3,713 | 22.9% |
Associate's degree | 842 | 5.2% |
Bachelor's degree | 2,759 | 17.0% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,412 | 8.7% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 84.4% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 25.7% |
Veteran Status in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 21,185 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,854 | 8.8% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 27,086 | 100% |
With a disability | 4,068 | 15.0% |
Under 18 years | 6,387 | 100% |
With a disability | 228 | 3.6% |
18 to 64 years | 17,313 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,448 | 14.1% |
65 years and over | 3,386 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,392 | 41.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 27,168 | 100% |
Same house | 21,817 | 80.3% |
Different house in the U.S. | 5,253 | 19.3% |
Same county | 2,594 | 9.5% |
Different county | 2,659 | 9.8% |
Same state | 1,955 | 7.2% |
Different state | 704 | 2.6% |
Abroad | 98 | 0.4% |
Place Of Birth in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 27,583 | 100% |
Native | 25,747 | 93.3% |
Born in United States | 25,534 | 92.6% |
State of residence | 17,892 | 64.9% |
Different state | 7,642 | 27.7% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 213 | 0.8% |
Foreign born | 1,836 | 6.7% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 1,836 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 410 | 22.3% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 1,426 | 77.7% |
Year of Entry in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 2,049 | 100% |
Native | 213 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 213 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 1,836 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 88 | 4.8% |
Entered before 2010 | 1,748 | 95.2% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 1,836 | 100% |
Europe | 111 | 6.0% |
Asia | 324 | 17.6% |
Africa | 39 | 2.1% |
Oceania | 20 | 1.1% |
Latin America | 1,309 | 71.3% |
Northern America | 33 | 1.8% |