Gila Bend, AZ

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0427050, place: Gila Bend town, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 553 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (4.52%)
Kindergarten: 30 (5.42%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 305 (55.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 161 (29.11%)
College or graduate school: 32 (5.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,065 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 255 (23.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 222 (20.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 306 (28.73%)
Some college, no degree: 167 (15.68%)
Associate degree: 30 (2.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (4.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 39 (3.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,381 (100%)
Never married: 449 (32.51%)
Now married, except separated: 692 (50.11%)
Separated: 44 (3.19%)
Total Widowed: 73 (5.29%)
Widowed Female: 55 (3.98%)
Total Divorced: 123 (8.91%)
Divorced Female: 56 (4.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 49 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (40.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,278 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 149 (11.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 582 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (5.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,016 (100%)
--With a disability: 173 (17.03%)
----Percent employed: 37%
--No disability: 843 (82.97%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
Population 65 years and over: 160 (100%)
--With a disability: 88 (55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,762 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,006 (57.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 667 (37.85%)
--Same county: 440 (24.97%)
--Different county: 227 (12.88%)
----Same state: 117 (6.64%)
----Different state: 110 (6.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 89 (5.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,944 (100%)
Native: 1,484 (76.34%)
--Born in United States: 1,467 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,011 (52.01%)
----Different state: 456 (23.46%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 460 (23.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 208 (10.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 123 (6.33%)
--Not a citizen: 337 (17.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 460 (100%)
Europe: 6 (1.3%)
Asia: 10 (2.17%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 438 (95.22%)
Northern America: 6 (1.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,762 (100%)
English only: 791 (44.89%)
Language other than English: 971 (55.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 358 (20.32%)
--Spanish: 884 (50.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 344 (19.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,944 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,514% (77.88%)
Arab: 3 (0.15%)
Czech: 2 (0.1%)
Danish: 6 (0.31%)
Dutch: 6 (0.31%)
English: 79 (4.06%)
French (except Basque): 22 (1.13%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.1%)
German: 107 (5.5%)
Greek: 1 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 68 (3.5%)
Italian: 8 (0.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (1.03%)
Polish: 7 (0.36%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.82%)
Scottish: 8 (0.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (0.57%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 43 (2.21%)
Welsh: 4 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,098 (56.48%)

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