Fountain Hills, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0425300, place: Fountain Hills town, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,144 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 363 (8.76%)
Kindergarten: 152 (3.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,792 (43.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 864 (20.85%)
College or graduate school: 973 (23.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,642 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 236 (1.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 548 (3.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,226 (20.62%)
Some college, no degree: 4,478 (28.63%)
Associate degree: 1,240 (7.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,774 (24.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,140 (13.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,095 (100%)
Never married: 2,532 (14.81%)
Now married, except separated: 11,871 (69.44%)
Separated: 151 (0.88%)
Total Widowed: 1,119 (6.55%)
Widowed Female: 848 (4.96%)
Total Divorced: 1,422 (8.32%)
Divorced Female: 910 (5.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 167 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 67 (40.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,510 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,147 (19.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (5.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,085 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,848 (15.29%)
----Percent employed: 68%
--No disability: 10,237 (84.71%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 3,972 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,072 (26.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,272 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,624 (39.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,240 (58.32%)
--Same county: 4,877 (25.31%)
--Different county: 6,363 (33.02%)
----Same state: 394 (2.04%)
----Different state: 5,969 (30.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 408 (2.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,199 (100%)
Native: 18,818 (93.16%)
--Born in United States: 18,465 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,413 (11.95%)
----Different state: 16,052 (79.47%)
--Born outside United States: 353 (1.75%)
Foreign born: 1,381 (6.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 381 (1.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 841 (4.16%)
--Not a citizen: 540 (2.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,381 (100%)
Europe: 747 (54.09%)
Asia: 243 (17.6%)
Africa: 36 (2.61%)
Oceania: 26 (1.88%)
Latin America: 145 (10.5%)
Northern America: 184 (13.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,272 (100%)
English only: 17,618 (91.42%)
Language other than English: 1,654 (8.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 415 (2.15%)
--Spanish: 467 (2.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 113 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 971 (5.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 250 (1.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 113 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,199 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,967% (118.65%)
Arab: 128 (0.63%)
Czech: 280 (1.39%)
Danish: 233 (1.15%)
Dutch: 301 (1.49%)
English: 2,986 (14.78%)
French (except Basque): 1,033 (5.11%)
French Canadian: 224 (1.11%)
German: 5,040 (24.95%)
Greek: 191 (0.95%)
Hungarian: 248 (1.23%)
Irish: 2,966 (14.68%)
Italian: 2,174 (10.76%)
Lithuanian: 65 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 784 (3.88%)
Polish: 1,215 (6.02%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.17%)
Russian: 231 (1.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 423 (2.09%)
Scottish: 562 (2.78%)
Slovak: 150 (0.74%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.11%)
Swedish: 593 (2.94%)
Swiss: 173 (0.86%)
Ukrainian: 88 (0.44%)
United States or American: 806 (3.99%)
Welsh: 223 (1.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 2,785 (13.79%)

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