Somerton, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0468080, place: Somerton city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,503 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 68 (2.72%)
Kindergarten: 180 (7.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,282 (51.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 661 (26.41%)
College or graduate school: 312 (12.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,592 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,599 (44.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 617 (17.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 651 (18.12%)
Some college, no degree: 475 (13.22%)
Associate degree: 112 (3.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 76 (2.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 62 (1.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 38.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,910 (100%)
Never married: 1,332 (27.13%)
Now married, except separated: 2,924 (59.55%)
Separated: 104 (2.12%)
Total Widowed: 278 (5.66%)
Widowed Female: 219 (4.46%)
Total Divorced: 272 (5.54%)
Divorced Female: 143 (2.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 478 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 203 (42.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,400 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 123 (2.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,554 (100%)
--With a disability: 240 (9.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,438 (100%)
--With a disability: 573 (16.67%)
----Percent employed: 25.3%
--No disability: 2,865 (83.33%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
Population 65 years and over: 541 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (41.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,546 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,458 (52.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,692 (41.12%)
--Same county: 2,196 (33.55%)
--Different county: 496 (7.58%)
----Same state: 196 (2.99%)
----Different state: 300 (4.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 396 (6.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,255 (100%)
Native: 3,638 (50.14%)
--Born in United States: 3,572 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,813 (38.77%)
----Different state: 759 (10.46%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 3,617 (49.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 995 (13.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 870 (11.99%)
--Not a citizen: 2,747 (37.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,617 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,617 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,546 (100%)
English only: 582 (8.89%)
Language other than English: 5,964 (91.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,125 (47.74%)
--Spanish: 5,953 (90.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,125 (47.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,255 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,689% (92.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 21 (0.29%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 26 (0.36%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 0 (0%)
Italian: 13 (0.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.17%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 173 (2.38%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 6,444 (88.82%)

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