Language Spoken At Home in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 14,108 | 100% |
English only | 13,731 | 97.3% |
Language other than English | 377 | 2.7% |
Speak English less than very well | 54 | 0.4% |
Spanish | 176 | 1.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 24 | 0.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 200 | 1.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 30 | 0.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Other languages | 0 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 15,028 | 100% |
American | 1,362 | 9.1% |
Arab | 26 | 0.2% |
Czech | 445 | 3.0% |
Danish | 296 | 2.0% |
Dutch | 408 | 2.7% |
English | 1,753 | 11.7% |
French (except Basque) | 680 | 4.5% |
French Canadian | 36 | 0.2% |
German | 5,490 | 36.5% |
Greek | 15 | 0.1% |
Hungarian | 60 | 0.4% |
Irish | 1,976 | 13.1% |
Italian | 450 | 3.0% |
Lithuanian | 22 | 0.1% |
Norwegian | 289 | 1.9% |
Polish | 394 | 2.6% |
Portuguese | 42 | 0.3% |
Russian | 22 | 0.1% |
Scotch-Irish | 273 | 1.8% |
Scottish | 159 | 1.1% |
Slovak | 3 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 21 | 0.1% |
Swedish | 484 | 3.2% |
Swiss | 83 | 0.6% |
Ukrainian | 6 | 0.0% |
Welsh | 112 | 0.7% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 4 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 5,431 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 4,104 | 75.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,718 | 31.6% |
Married-couple family | 3,536 | 65.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,342 | 24.7% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 203 | 3.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 108 | 2.0% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 365 | 6.7% |
With own children under 18 years | 268 | 4.9% |
Nonfamily households | 1,327 | 24.4% |
Householder living alone | 1,142 | 21.0% |
65 years and over | 484 | 8.9% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 1,821 | 33.5% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 1,363 | 25.1% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 14,443 | 100% |
Householder | 5,431 | 37.6% |
Spouse | 3,572 | 24.7% |
Child | 4,365 | 30.2% |
Other relatives | 732 | 5.1% |
Nonrelatives | 343 | 2.4% |
Unmarried partner | 234 | 1.6% |
Marital Status in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 5,907 | 100% |
Never married | 1,441 | 24.4% |
Now married, except separated | 3,725 | 63.1% |
Separated | 58 | 1.0% |
Widowed | 163 | 2.8% |
Divorced | 520 | 8.8% |
Females 15 years and over | 6,011 | 100% |
Never married | 1,154 | 19.2% |
Now married, except separated | 3,699 | 61.5% |
Separated | 85 | 1.4% |
Widowed | 497 | 8.3% |
Divorced | 576 | 9.6% |
Fertility in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 161 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 31 | 19.3% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 24 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 50 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 127 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 13 | 0% |
Grandparents in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 272 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 80 | 29.4% |
Less than 1 year | 14 | 5.1% |
1 or 2 years | 13 | 4.8% |
3 or 4 years | 4 | 1.5% |
5 or more years | 49 | 18.0% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 80 | 100% |
Who are female | 52 | 65.0% |
Who are married | 57 | 71.3% |
School Enrollment in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 3,789 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 297 | 7.8% |
Kindergarten | 248 | 6.5% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,600 | 42.2% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,043 | 27.5% |
College or graduate school | 601 | 15.9% |
Educational Attainment in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 10,260 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 365 | 3.6% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 553 | 5.4% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 3,482 | 33.9% |
Some college, no degree | 2,341 | 22.8% |
Associate's degree | 1,005 | 9.8% |
Bachelor's degree | 1,803 | 17.6% |
Graduate or professional degree | 711 | 6.9% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 91.1% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 24.5% |
Veteran Status in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 11,181 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,586 | 14.2% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 14,668 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,139 | 14.6% |
Under 18 years | 3,752 | 100% |
With a disability | 109 | 2.9% |
18 to 64 years | 8,953 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,309 | 14.6% |
65 years and over | 1,963 | 100% |
With a disability | 721 | 36.7% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 14,895 | 100% |
Same house | 13,468 | 90.4% |
Different house in the U.S. | 1,420 | 9.5% |
Same county | 778 | 5.2% |
Different county | 642 | 4.3% |
Same state | 322 | 2.2% |
Different state | 320 | 2.1% |
Abroad | 7 | 0.0% |
Place Of Birth in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 15,028 | 100% |
Native | 14,851 | 98.8% |
Born in United States | 14,755 | 98.2% |
State of residence | 7,938 | 52.8% |
Different state | 6,817 | 45.4% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 96 | 0.6% |
Foreign born | 177 | 1.2% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 177 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 116 | 65.5% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 61 | 34.5% |
Year of Entry in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 273 | 100% |
Native | 96 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 3 | 3.1% |
Entered before 2010 | 93 | 96.9% |
Foreign born | 177 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 177 | 100.0% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Mills County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 177 | 100% |
Europe | 54 | 30.5% |
Asia | 37 | 20.9% |
Africa | 9 | 5.1% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 56 | 31.6% |
Northern America | 21 | 11.9% |