Avondale, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0404720, place: Avondale city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,018 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 474 (4.3%)
Kindergarten: 751 (6.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,653 (51.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,360 (21.42%)
College or graduate school: 1,780 (16.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 20,221 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,366 (16.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,457 (12.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,702 (23.25%)
Some college, no degree: 5,018 (24.82%)
Associate degree: 1,408 (6.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,226 (11.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,044 (5.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 25,443 (100%)
Never married: 6,765 (26.59%)
Now married, except separated: 15,070 (59.23%)
Separated: 562 (2.21%)
Total Widowed: 918 (3.61%)
Widowed Female: 705 (2.77%)
Total Divorced: 2,128 (8.36%)
Divorced Female: 1,228 (4.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,365 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 616 (45.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 23,179 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,925 (12.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 10,184 (100%)
--With a disability: 570 (5.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,891 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,752 (18.86%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
--No disability: 16,139 (81.14%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,806 (100%)
--With a disability: 877 (48.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 32,425 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,108 (34.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 19,741 (60.88%)
--Same county: 13,301 (41.02%)
--Different county: 6,440 (19.86%)
----Same state: 883 (2.72%)
----Different state: 5,557 (17.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,576 (4.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 35,802 (100%)
Native: 29,674 (82.88%)
--Born in United States: 29,003 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,657 (40.94%)
----Different state: 14,346 (40.07%)
--Born outside United States: 671 (1.87%)
Foreign born: 6,128 (17.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,897 (8.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,740 (4.86%)
--Not a citizen: 4,388 (12.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,128 (100%)
Europe: 365 (5.96%)
Asia: 620 (10.12%)
Africa: 29 (0.47%)
Oceania: 9 (0.15%)
Latin America: 5,016 (81.85%)
Northern America: 89 (1.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 32,425 (100%)
English only: 19,688 (60.72%)
Language other than English: 12,737 (39.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,311 (16.38%)
--Spanish: 11,616 (35.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,972 (15.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 513 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 456 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 159 (0.49%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 35,802 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 36,098% (100.83%)
Arab: 30 (0.08%)
Czech: 210 (0.59%)
Danish: 145 (0.41%)
Dutch: 468 (1.31%)
English: 2,286 (6.39%)
French (except Basque): 699 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 236 (0.66%)
German: 3,633 (10.15%)
Greek: 16 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 111 (0.31%)
Irish: 2,937 (8.2%)
Italian: 1,122 (3.13%)
Lithuanian: 32 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 311 (0.87%)
Polish: 506 (1.41%)
Portuguese: 81 (0.23%)
Russian: 58 (0.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 398 (1.11%)
Scottish: 285 (0.8%)
Slovak: 30 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 112 (0.31%)
Swedish: 222 (0.62%)
Swiss: 50 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,639 (4.58%)
Welsh: 75 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 42 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 20,345 (56.83%)

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