Language Spoken At Home in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 10,977 | 100% |
English only | 10,594 | 96.5% |
Language other than English | 383 | 3.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 101 | 0.9% |
Spanish | 158 | 1.4% |
Speak English less than very well | 60 | 0.5% |
Other Indo-European languages | 137 | 1.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 25 | 0.2% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 84 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 16 | 0.1% |
Other languages | 4 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 11,706 | 100% |
American | 2,027 | 17.3% |
Arab | 67 | 0.6% |
Czech | 84 | 0.7% |
Danish | 90 | 0.8% |
Dutch | 220 | 1.9% |
English | 868 | 7.4% |
French (except Basque) | 293 | 2.5% |
French Canadian | 90 | 0.8% |
German | 3,880 | 33.1% |
Greek | 49 | 0.4% |
Hungarian | 15 | 0.1% |
Irish | 2,004 | 17.1% |
Italian | 292 | 2.5% |
Lithuanian | 3 | 0.0% |
Norwegian | 1,425 | 12.2% |
Polish | 298 | 2.5% |
Portuguese | 10 | 0.1% |
Russian | 109 | 0.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 178 | 1.5% |
Scottish | 401 | 3.4% |
Slovak | 0 | 0.0% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.0% |
Swedish | 246 | 2.1% |
Swiss | 105 | 0.9% |
Ukrainian | 68 | 0.6% |
Welsh | 160 | 1.4% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 14 | 0.1% |
Households By Type in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 5,075 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 3,053 | 60.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,490 | 29.4% |
Married-couple family | 2,482 | 48.9% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,054 | 20.8% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 114 | 2.2% |
With own children under 18 years | 96 | 1.9% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 457 | 9.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 340 | 6.7% |
Nonfamily households | 2,022 | 39.8% |
Householder living alone | 1,808 | 35.6% |
65 years and over | 826 | 16.3% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 1,550 | 30.5% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 1,494 | 29.4% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 11,271 | 100% |
Householder | 5,075 | 45.0% |
Spouse | 2,481 | 22.0% |
Child | 2,899 | 25.7% |
Other relatives | 323 | 2.9% |
Nonrelatives | 493 | 4.4% |
Unmarried partner | 253 | 2.2% |
Marital Status in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 4,733 | 100% |
Never married | 1,166 | 24.6% |
Now married, except separated | 2,648 | 55.9% |
Separated | 51 | 1.1% |
Widowed | 112 | 2.4% |
Divorced | 756 | 16.0% |
Females 15 years and over | 4,848 | 100% |
Never married | 1,007 | 20.8% |
Now married, except separated | 2,616 | 54.0% |
Separated | 49 | 1.0% |
Widowed | 628 | 13.0% |
Divorced | 548 | 11.3% |
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 | 0 | 0% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 0 | 0% |
Grandparents in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 125 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 65 | 52.0% |
Less than 1 year | 24 | 19.2% |
1 or 2 years | 0 | 0.0% |
3 or 4 years | 5 | 4.0% |
5 or more years | 36 | 28.8% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 65 | 100% |
Who are female | 31 | 47.7% |
Who are married | 65 | 100.0% |
School Enrollment in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 2,585 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 140 | 5.4% |
Kindergarten | 201 | 7.8% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,039 | 40.2% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 619 | 23.9% |
College or graduate school | 586 | 22.7% |
Educational Attainment in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 8,073 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 195 | 2.4% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 524 | 6.5% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 2,631 | 32.6% |
Some college, no degree | 2,208 | 27.4% |
Associate's degree | 895 | 11.1% |
Bachelor's degree | 1,310 | 16.2% |
Graduate or professional degree | 310 | 3.8% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 91.1% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 20.1% |
Veteran Status in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 9,098 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 1,197 | 13.2% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 11,459 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,739 | 15.2% |
Under 18 years | 2,542 | 100% |
With a disability | 92 | 3.6% |
18 to 64 years | 7,014 | 100% |
With a disability | 864 | 12.3% |
65 years and over | 1,903 | 100% |
With a disability | 783 | 41.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 11,586 | 100% |
Same house | 9,227 | 79.6% |
Different house in the U.S. | 2,343 | 20.2% |
Same county | 1,284 | 11.1% |
Different county | 1,059 | 9.1% |
Same state | 574 | 5.0% |
Different state | 485 | 4.2% |
Abroad | 16 | 0.1% |
Place Of Birth in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 11,706 | 100% |
Native | 11,479 | 98.1% |
Born in United States | 11,410 | 97.5% |
State of residence | 7,358 | 62.9% |
Different state | 4,052 | 34.6% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 69 | 0.6% |
Foreign born | 227 | 1.9% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 227 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 164 | 72.2% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 63 | 27.8% |
Year of Entry in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 296 | 100% |
Native | 69 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 69 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 227 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 7 | 3.1% |
Entered before 2010 | 220 | 96.9% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Custer County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 227 | 100% |
Europe | 38 | 16.7% |
Asia | 81 | 35.7% |
Africa | 0 | 0.0% |
Oceania | 11 | 4.8% |
Latin America | 63 | 27.8% |
Northern America | 34 | 15.0% |