Desert Hills, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0418740, place: Desert Hills CDP, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 283 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (3.89%)
Kindergarten: 24 (8.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 159 (56.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 46 (16.25%)
College or graduate school: 43 (15.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,849 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 93 (5.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 285 (15.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 722 (39.05%)
Some college, no degree: 462 (24.99%)
Associate degree: 115 (6.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 118 (6.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (2.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,958 (100%)
Never married: 251 (12.82%)
Now married, except separated: 1,228 (62.72%)
Separated: 72 (3.68%)
Total Widowed: 176 (8.99%)
Widowed Female: 99 (5.06%)
Total Divorced: 231 (11.8%)
Divorced Female: 113 (5.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 63 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,895 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 477 (25.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 264 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (9.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,261 (100%)
--With a disability: 423 (33.54%)
----Percent employed: 52%
--No disability: 838 (66.46%)
----Percent employed: 61.3%
Population 65 years and over: 625 (100%)
--With a disability: 199 (31.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,150 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 963 (44.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,183 (55.02%)
--Same county: 379 (17.63%)
--Different county: 804 (37.4%)
----Same state: 172 (8%)
----Different state: 632 (29.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,259 (100%)
Native: 2,173 (96.19%)
--Born in United States: 2,140 (100%)
----State of residence: 273 (12.08%)
----Different state: 1,867 (82.65%)
--Born outside United States: 33 (1.46%)
Foreign born: 86 (3.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (0.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (1.42%)
--Not a citizen: 54 (2.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 86 (100%)
Europe: 6 (6.98%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 14 (16.28%)
Oceania: 9 (10.47%)
Latin America: 40 (46.51%)
Northern America: 17 (19.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,150 (100%)
English only: 2,070 (96.28%)
Language other than English: 80 (3.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.4%)
--Spanish: 57 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,259 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,346% (103.85%)
Arab: 14 (0.62%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.27%)
Dutch: 70 (3.1%)
English: 425 (18.81%)
French (except Basque): 126 (5.58%)
French Canadian: 23 (1.02%)
German: 573 (25.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.4%)
Irish: 270 (11.95%)
Italian: 75 (3.32%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.58%)
Norwegian: 59 (2.61%)
Polish: 44 (1.95%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.27%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (2.57%)
Scottish: 71 (3.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 26 (1.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 80 (3.54%)
Welsh: 13 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 385 (17.04%)

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