Mohave Valley, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0447400, place: Mohave Valley CDP, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,083 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 121 (3.92%)
Kindergarten: 146 (4.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,675 (54.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 705 (22.87%)
College or graduate school: 436 (14.14%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,450 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 453 (4.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,655 (17.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,770 (39.89%)
Some college, no degree: 2,317 (24.52%)
Associate degree: 433 (4.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 575 (6.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 247 (2.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,806 (100%)
Never married: 1,837 (17%)
Now married, except separated: 6,184 (57.23%)
Separated: 223 (2.06%)
Total Widowed: 915 (8.47%)
Widowed Female: 568 (5.26%)
Total Divorced: 1,647 (15.24%)
Divorced Female: 865 (8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 331 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 85 (25.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,255 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,245 (21.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,927 (100%)
--With a disability: 278 (9.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,602 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,079 (27.35%)
----Percent employed: 51.1%
--No disability: 5,523 (72.65%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,212 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,030 (46.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,741 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,692 (44.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,781 (53.22%)
--Same county: 3,129 (24.56%)
--Different county: 3,652 (28.66%)
----Same state: 408 (3.2%)
----Different state: 3,244 (25.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 268 (2.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,576 (100%)
Native: 12,689 (93.47%)
--Born in United States: 12,585 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,019 (14.87%)
----Different state: 10,566 (77.83%)
--Born outside United States: 104 (0.77%)
Foreign born: 887 (6.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 373 (2.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 325 (2.39%)
--Not a citizen: 562 (4.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 887 (100%)
Europe: 104 (11.72%)
Asia: 87 (9.81%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 570 (64.26%)
Northern America: 126 (14.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,741 (100%)
English only: 11,636 (91.33%)
Language other than English: 1,105 (8.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 386 (3.03%)
--Spanish: 876 (6.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 372 (2.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 161 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 51 (0.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,576 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,834% (109.27%)
Arab: 41 (0.3%)
Czech: 68 (0.5%)
Danish: 44 (0.32%)
Dutch: 310 (2.28%)
English: 1,991 (14.67%)
French (except Basque): 734 (5.41%)
French Canadian: 179 (1.32%)
German: 2,508 (18.47%)
Greek: 16 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 67 (0.49%)
Irish: 1,824 (13.44%)
Italian: 618 (4.55%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 289 (2.13%)
Polish: 360 (2.65%)
Portuguese: 72 (0.53%)
Russian: 101 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 395 (2.91%)
Scottish: 263 (1.94%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 336 (2.47%)
Swiss: 30 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.33%)
United States or American: 805 (5.93%)
Welsh: 206 (1.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 3,512 (25.87%)

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