Payson, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0453700, place: Payson town, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,011 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 156 (5.18%)
Kindergarten: 123 (4.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,465 (48.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 666 (22.12%)
College or graduate school: 601 (19.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,281 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 443 (4.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,213 (11.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,900 (28.21%)
Some college, no degree: 3,223 (31.35%)
Associate degree: 696 (6.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,113 (10.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 693 (6.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,632 (100%)
Never married: 1,667 (14.33%)
Now married, except separated: 7,277 (62.56%)
Separated: 188 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 1,047 (9%)
Widowed Female: 792 (6.81%)
Total Divorced: 1,453 (12.49%)
Divorced Female: 894 (7.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 238 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 155 (65.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,108 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,367 (21.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,609 (100%)
--With a disability: 240 (9.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,779 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,661 (24.5%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
--No disability: 5,118 (75.5%)
----Percent employed: 70.1%
Population 65 years and over: 3,717 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,440 (38.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,338 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,604 (42.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,583 (56.85%)
--Same county: 2,720 (20.39%)
--Different county: 4,863 (36.46%)
----Same state: 2,568 (19.25%)
----Different state: 2,295 (17.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 151 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,021 (100%)
Native: 13,435 (95.82%)
--Born in United States: 13,328 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,932 (28.04%)
----Different state: 9,396 (67.01%)
--Born outside United States: 107 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 586 (4.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 171 (1.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 304 (2.17%)
--Not a citizen: 282 (2.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 586 (100%)
Europe: 273 (46.59%)
Asia: 33 (5.63%)
Africa: 7 (1.19%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 254 (43.34%)
Northern America: 19 (3.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,338 (100%)
English only: 12,423 (93.14%)
Language other than English: 915 (6.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (2.32%)
--Spanish: 491 (3.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 224 (1.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 313 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,021 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,540% (103.7%)
Arab: 33 (0.24%)
Czech: 50 (0.36%)
Danish: 128 (0.91%)
Dutch: 426 (3.04%)
English: 2,215 (15.8%)
French (except Basque): 591 (4.22%)
French Canadian: 156 (1.11%)
German: 3,143 (22.42%)
Greek: 6 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 42 (0.3%)
Irish: 2,167 (15.46%)
Italian: 461 (3.29%)
Lithuanian: 21 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 401 (2.86%)
Polish: 363 (2.59%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.14%)
Russian: 24 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 357 (2.55%)
Scottish: 431 (3.07%)
Slovak: 15 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 313 (2.23%)
Swiss: 19 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 860 (6.13%)
Welsh: 208 (1.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,091 (14.91%)

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