Goodyear, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0428380, place: Goodyear city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,499 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 325 (7.22%)
Kindergarten: 215 (4.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,828 (40.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 907 (20.16%)
College or graduate school: 1,224 (27.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,916 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 554 (4.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,561 (12.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,246 (25.13%)
Some college, no degree: 3,666 (28.38%)
Associate degree: 967 (7.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,989 (15.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 933 (7.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,104 (100%)
Never married: 3,028 (20.05%)
Now married, except separated: 10,345 (68.49%)
Separated: 160 (1.06%)
Total Widowed: 441 (2.92%)
Widowed Female: 346 (2.29%)
Total Divorced: 1,130 (7.48%)
Divorced Female: 535 (3.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 380 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 118 (31.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,294 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,845 (19.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,422 (100%)
--With a disability: 181 (5.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,910 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,593 (16.07%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 8,317 (83.93%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 475 (26.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,507 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,761 (32.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,207 (64.01%)
--Same county: 5,631 (32.16%)
--Different county: 5,576 (31.85%)
----Same state: 279 (1.59%)
----Different state: 5,297 (30.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 539 (3.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,779 (100%)
Native: 17,367 (92.48%)
--Born in United States: 17,104 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,229 (33.17%)
----Different state: 10,875 (57.91%)
--Born outside United States: 263 (1.4%)
Foreign born: 1,412 (7.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 516 (2.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 545 (2.9%)
--Not a citizen: 867 (4.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,412 (100%)
Europe: 212 (15.01%)
Asia: 253 (17.92%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 27 (1.91%)
Latin America: 831 (58.85%)
Northern America: 89 (6.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,507 (100%)
English only: 14,109 (80.59%)
Language other than English: 3,398 (19.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,103 (6.3%)
--Spanish: 2,793 (15.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 955 (5.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 373 (2.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 221 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (0.71%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,779 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,476% (93.06%)
Arab: 28 (0.15%)
Czech: 92 (0.49%)
Danish: 92 (0.49%)
Dutch: 332 (1.77%)
English: 1,596 (8.5%)
French (except Basque): 552 (2.94%)
French Canadian: 128 (0.68%)
German: 3,094 (16.48%)
Greek: 87 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 120 (0.64%)
Irish: 1,853 (9.87%)
Italian: 923 (4.92%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 509 (2.71%)
Polish: 515 (2.74%)
Portuguese: 90 (0.48%)
Russian: 112 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 240 (1.28%)
Scottish: 271 (1.44%)
Slovak: 35 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.07%)
Swedish: 260 (1.38%)
Swiss: 37 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.12%)
United States or American: 832 (4.43%)
Welsh: 128 (0.68%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 5,504 (29.31%)

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