Prescott Valley, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0457450, place: Prescott Valley town, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,600 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 311 (5.55%)
Kindergarten: 350 (6.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,854 (50.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,262 (22.54%)
College or graduate school: 823 (14.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,449 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 605 (3.92%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,798 (11.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,806 (31.11%)
Some college, no degree: 4,921 (31.85%)
Associate degree: 1,037 (6.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,441 (9.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 841 (5.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,210 (100%)
Never married: 3,136 (17.22%)
Now married, except separated: 11,511 (63.21%)
Separated: 213 (1.17%)
Total Widowed: 1,153 (6.33%)
Widowed Female: 953 (5.23%)
Total Divorced: 2,197 (12.06%)
Divorced Female: 1,216 (6.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 376 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 242 (64.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,240 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,429 (19.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,320 (100%)
--With a disability: 394 (7.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,466 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,607 (20.91%)
----Percent employed: 45%
--No disability: 9,859 (79.09%)
----Percent employed: 74.3%
Population 65 years and over: 3,888 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,536 (39.51%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,813 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,688 (35.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,995 (64.16%)
--Same county: 6,082 (27.88%)
--Different county: 7,913 (36.28%)
----Same state: 2,935 (13.46%)
----Different state: 4,978 (22.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 130 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,597 (100%)
Native: 22,608 (95.81%)
--Born in United States: 22,450 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,845 (29.01%)
----Different state: 15,605 (66.13%)
--Born outside United States: 158 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 989 (4.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 184 (0.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 460 (1.95%)
--Not a citizen: 529 (2.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 989 (100%)
Europe: 193 (19.51%)
Asia: 55 (5.56%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 8 (0.81%)
Latin America: 626 (63.3%)
Northern America: 107 (10.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,813 (100%)
English only: 19,791 (90.73%)
Language other than English: 2,022 (9.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 640 (2.93%)
--Spanish: 1,484 (6.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 427 (1.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 387 (1.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 95 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,597 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,753% (113.37%)
Arab: 31 (0.13%)
Czech: 220 (0.93%)
Danish: 193 (0.82%)
Dutch: 556 (2.36%)
English: 3,245 (13.75%)
French (except Basque): 1,163 (4.93%)
French Canadian: 344 (1.46%)
German: 5,481 (23.23%)
Greek: 53 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 131 (0.56%)
Irish: 3,307 (14.01%)
Italian: 1,175 (4.98%)
Lithuanian: 47 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 745 (3.16%)
Polish: 566 (2.4%)
Portuguese: 82 (0.35%)
Russian: 103 (0.44%)
Scotch-Irish: 478 (2.03%)
Scottish: 627 (2.66%)
Slovak: 36 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 567 (2.4%)
Swiss: 77 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,886 (7.99%)
Welsh: 262 (1.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,378 (22.79%)

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