General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0407940, place: Buckeye town, Arizona)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,030 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 125 (6.16%)
Kindergarten: 99 (4.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,119 (55.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 374 (18.42%)
College or graduate school: 313 (15.42%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 3,600 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 515 (14.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 559 (15.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,158 (32.17%)
Some college, no degree: 794 (22.06%)
Associate degree: 204 (5.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 266 (7.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 104 (2.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 4,552 (100%)
Never married: 1,132 (24.87%)
Now married, except separated: 2,440 (53.6%)
Separated: 119 (2.61%)
Total Widowed: 265 (5.82%)
Widowed Female: 219 (4.81%)
Total Divorced: 596 (13.09%)
Divorced Female: 330 (7.25%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 218 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 71 (32.57%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 4,199 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 534 (12.72%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,908 (100%)
--With a disability: 166 (8.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,365 (100%)
--With a disability: 840 (24.96%)
----Percent employed: 50.5%
--No disability: 2,525 (75.04%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
Population 65 years and over: 528 (100%)
--With a disability: 236 (44.7%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 5,824 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,335 (40.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,360 (57.69%)
--Same county: 2,379 (40.85%)
--Different county: 981 (16.84%)
----Same state: 185 (3.18%)
----Different state: 796 (13.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 129 (2.21%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 6,417 (100%)
Native: 5,675 (88.44%)
--Born in United States: 5,627 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,018 (47.03%)
----Different state: 2,609 (40.66%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 742 (11.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 339 (5.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 220 (3.43%)
--Not a citizen: 522 (8.13%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 742 (100%)
Europe: 14 (1.89%)
Asia: 14 (1.89%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 714 (96.23%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 5,824 (100%)
English only: 4,134 (70.98%)
Language other than English: 1,690 (29.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 632 (10.85%)
--Spanish: 1,588 (27.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 620 (10.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 41 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 40 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.15%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 6,417 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,205% (96.7%)
Arab: 5 (0.08%)
Czech: 7 (0.11%)
Danish: 92 (1.43%)
Dutch: 121 (1.89%)
English: 329 (5.13%)
French (except Basque): 121 (1.89%)
French Canadian: 40 (0.62%)
German: 808 (12.59%)
Greek: 9 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 563 (8.77%)
Italian: 105 (1.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 66 (1.03%)
Polish: 77 (1.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 28 (0.44%)
Scotch-Irish: 54 (0.84%)
Scottish: 88 (1.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 64 (1%)
Swiss: 4 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 532 (8.29%)
Welsh: 31 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,061 (47.7%)
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