Paradise Valley, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0452930, place: Paradise Valley town, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,583 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 271 (7.56%)
Kindergarten: 211 (5.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,678 (46.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 869 (24.25%)
College or graduate school: 554 (15.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,721 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 70 (0.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 104 (1.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 662 (6.81%)
Some college, no degree: 1,742 (17.92%)
Associate degree: 424 (4.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,599 (37.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,120 (32.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 69.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,923 (100%)
Never married: 1,822 (16.68%)
Now married, except separated: 7,943 (72.72%)
Separated: 61 (0.56%)
Total Widowed: 573 (5.25%)
Widowed Female: 428 (3.92%)
Total Divorced: 524 (4.8%)
Divorced Female: 268 (2.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 107 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (14.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,302 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,651 (16.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,060 (100%)
--With a disability: 145 (4.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,640 (100%)
--With a disability: 463 (6.06%)
----Percent employed: 60%
--No disability: 7,177 (93.94%)
----Percent employed: 65.2%
Population 65 years and over: 2,287 (100%)
--With a disability: 608 (26.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,987 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,688 (59.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,935 (38%)
--Same county: 3,120 (24.02%)
--Different county: 1,815 (13.98%)
----Same state: 26 (0.2%)
----Different state: 1,789 (13.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 364 (2.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,629 (100%)
Native: 12,323 (90.42%)
--Born in United States: 12,199 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,264 (23.95%)
----Different state: 8,935 (65.56%)
--Born outside United States: 124 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 1,306 (9.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 479 (3.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 804 (5.9%)
--Not a citizen: 502 (3.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,306 (100%)
Europe: 443 (33.92%)
Asia: 319 (24.43%)
Africa: 54 (4.13%)
Oceania: 11 (0.84%)
Latin America: 123 (9.42%)
Northern America: 356 (27.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,987 (100%)
English only: 11,708 (90.15%)
Language other than English: 1,279 (9.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 266 (2.05%)
--Spanish: 359 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (0.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 558 (4.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 226 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,629 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,367% (112.75%)
Arab: 193 (1.42%)
Czech: 189 (1.39%)
Danish: 88 (0.65%)
Dutch: 239 (1.75%)
English: 2,343 (17.19%)
French (except Basque): 476 (3.49%)
French Canadian: 122 (0.9%)
German: 2,619 (19.22%)
Greek: 202 (1.48%)
Hungarian: 120 (0.88%)
Irish: 1,735 (12.73%)
Italian: 856 (6.28%)
Lithuanian: 80 (0.59%)
Norwegian: 402 (2.95%)
Polish: 615 (4.51%)
Portuguese: 69 (0.51%)
Russian: 626 (4.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 252 (1.85%)
Scottish: 440 (3.23%)
Slovak: 34 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.17%)
Swedish: 433 (3.18%)
Swiss: 83 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 98 (0.72%)
United States or American: 510 (3.74%)
Welsh: 211 (1.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 2,300 (16.88%)

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