General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0446000, place: Mesa city, Arizona)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 110,289 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6,818 (6.18%)
Kindergarten: 6,180 (5.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 47,902 (43.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 22,071 (20.01%)
College or graduate school: 27,318 (24.77%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 245,104 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13,564 (5.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 24,031 (9.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 62,907 (25.67%)
Some college, no degree: 72,714 (29.67%)
Associate degree: 18,959 (7.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 36,438 (14.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16,491 (6.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 305,159 (100%)
Never married: 78,768 (25.81%)
Now married, except separated: 169,586 (55.57%)
Separated: 5,339 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 19,174 (6.28%)
Widowed Female: 15,389 (5.04%)
Total Divorced: 32,292 (10.58%)
Divorced Female: 18,238 (5.98%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7,165 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,875 (40.13%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 288,457 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 41,804 (14.49%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 93,592 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,238 (7.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 217,931 (100%)
--With a disability: 37,705 (17.3%)
----Percent employed: 63.3%
--No disability: 180,226 (82.7%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 50,860 (100%)
--With a disability: 19,853 (39.03%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 364,927 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 146,781 (40.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 203,810 (55.85%)
--Same county: 126,311 (34.61%)
--Different county: 77,499 (21.24%)
----Same state: 13,039 (3.57%)
----Different state: 64,460 (17.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14,336 (3.93%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 397,215 (100%)
Native: 352,669 (88.79%)
--Born in United States: 348,550 (100%)
----State of residence: 131,073 (33%)
----Different state: 217,477 (54.75%)
--Born outside United States: 4,119 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 44,546 (11.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23,996 (6.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11,573 (2.91%)
--Not a citizen: 32,973 (8.3%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 44,546 (100%)
Europe: 4,383 (9.84%)
Asia: 5,117 (11.49%)
Africa: 432 (0.97%)
Oceania: 350 (0.79%)
Latin America: 31,573 (70.88%)
Northern America: 2,691 (6.04%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 364,927 (100%)
English only: 296,298 (81.19%)
Language other than English: 68,629 (18.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31,973 (8.76%)
--Spanish: 54,010 (14.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27,423 (7.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,217 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,825 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,860 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,106 (0.58%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 397,215 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 419,160% (105.52%)
Arab: 1,109 (0.28%)
Czech: 2,381 (0.6%)
Danish: 5,297 (1.33%)
Dutch: 7,461 (1.88%)
English: 54,554 (13.73%)
French (except Basque): 12,842 (3.23%)
French Canadian: 2,851 (0.72%)
German: 68,647 (17.28%)
Greek: 1,149 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 1,434 (0.36%)
Irish: 42,924 (10.81%)
Italian: 17,724 (4.46%)
Lithuanian: 707 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 10,709 (2.7%)
Polish: 9,974 (2.51%)
Portuguese: 812 (0.2%)
Russian: 1,861 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 5,735 (1.44%)
Scottish: 9,469 (2.38%)
Slovak: 428 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 1,086 (0.27%)
Swedish: 9,152 (2.3%)
Swiss: 1,580 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 1,043 (0.26%)
United States or American: 21,665 (5.45%)
Welsh: 3,516 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 452 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 122,598 (30.86%)
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