General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0465000, place: Scottsdale city, Arizona)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 45,368 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,570 (7.87%)
Kindergarten: 2,065 (4.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 18,244 (40.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8,238 (18.16%)
College or graduate school: 13,251 (29.21%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 150,662 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,943 (1.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,836 (4.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 24,731 (16.41%)
Some college, no degree: 39,679 (26.34%)
Associate degree: 9,999 (6.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 44,270 (29.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22,204 (14.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 44.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 170,205 (100%)
Never married: 40,353 (23.71%)
Now married, except separated: 95,185 (55.92%)
Separated: 2,247 (1.32%)
Total Widowed: 11,152 (6.55%)
Widowed Female: 9,132 (5.37%)
Total Divorced: 21,268 (12.5%)
Divorced Female: 13,440 (7.9%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,906 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 739 (38.77%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 163,747 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 23,191 (14.16%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 33,985 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,887 (5.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 124,362 (100%)
--With a disability: 15,405 (12.39%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 108,957 (87.61%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 33,593 (100%)
--With a disability: 10,845 (32.28%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 192,638 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 76,654 (39.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 110,322 (57.27%)
--Same county: 59,007 (30.63%)
--Different county: 51,315 (26.64%)
----Same state: 2,969 (1.54%)
----Different state: 48,346 (25.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,662 (2.94%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 202,744 (100%)
Native: 183,442 (90.48%)
--Born in United States: 181,288 (100%)
----State of residence: 37,110 (18.3%)
----Different state: 144,178 (71.11%)
--Born outside United States: 2,154 (1.06%)
Foreign born: 19,302 (9.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7,994 (3.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8,147 (4.02%)
--Not a citizen: 11,155 (5.5%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 19,302 (100%)
Europe: 5,822 (30.16%)
Asia: 4,151 (21.51%)
Africa: 532 (2.76%)
Oceania: 236 (1.22%)
Latin America: 5,670 (29.38%)
Northern America: 2,891 (14.98%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 192,638 (100%)
English only: 170,555 (88.54%)
Language other than English: 22,083 (11.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,773 (4.04%)
--Spanish: 11,257 (5.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,697 (2.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,887 (3.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,783 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,585 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,079 (0.56%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 202,744 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 231,398% (114.13%)
Arab: 1,345 (0.66%)
Czech: 1,910 (0.94%)
Danish: 2,354 (1.16%)
Dutch: 4,081 (2.01%)
English: 27,262 (13.45%)
French (except Basque): 7,478 (3.69%)
French Canadian: 1,520 (0.75%)
German: 41,695 (20.57%)
Greek: 1,422 (0.7%)
Hungarian: 1,697 (0.84%)
Irish: 28,524 (14.07%)
Italian: 17,283 (8.52%)
Lithuanian: 838 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 6,401 (3.16%)
Polish: 8,905 (4.39%)
Portuguese: 630 (0.31%)
Russian: 5,509 (2.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 4,051 (2%)
Scottish: 5,948 (2.93%)
Slovak: 838 (0.41%)
Subsaharan African: 313 (0.15%)
Swedish: 5,907 (2.91%)
Swiss: 1,100 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 1,049 (0.52%)
United States or American: 9,120 (4.5%)
Welsh: 2,175 (1.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 147 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 41,896 (20.66%)
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