Surprise, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0471510, place: Surprise city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,356 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 305 (5.69%)
Kindergarten: 387 (7.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,537 (47.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 908 (16.95%)
College or graduate school: 1,219 (22.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,608 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,460 (6.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,940 (8.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,523 (28.85%)
Some college, no degree: 6,507 (28.78%)
Associate degree: 1,554 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,082 (13.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,542 (6.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 25,407 (100%)
Never married: 3,488 (13.73%)
Now married, except separated: 18,308 (72.06%)
Separated: 295 (1.16%)
Total Widowed: 1,488 (5.86%)
Widowed Female: 1,123 (4.42%)
Total Divorced: 1,828 (7.19%)
Divorced Female: 1,057 (4.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 565 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 273 (48.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 24,395 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,706 (23.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,720 (100%)
--With a disability: 357 (7.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,781 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,187 (20.2%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 12,594 (79.8%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
Population 65 years and over: 7,738 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,064 (26.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,662 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,698 (23.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,831 (72.68%)
--Same county: 9,910 (34.58%)
--Different county: 10,921 (38.1%)
----Same state: 569 (1.99%)
----Different state: 10,352 (36.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,133 (3.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 30,886 (100%)
Native: 27,440 (88.84%)
--Born in United States: 27,069 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,687 (24.89%)
----Different state: 19,382 (62.75%)
--Born outside United States: 371 (1.2%)
Foreign born: 3,446 (11.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,277 (4.13%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,305 (4.23%)
--Not a citizen: 2,141 (6.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,446 (100%)
Europe: 692 (20.08%)
Asia: 247 (7.17%)
Africa: 37 (1.07%)
Oceania: 41 (1.19%)
Latin America: 2,148 (62.33%)
Northern America: 281 (8.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,662 (100%)
English only: 22,590 (78.82%)
Language other than English: 6,072 (21.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,671 (9.32%)
--Spanish: 4,994 (17.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,348 (8.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 747 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 230 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 183 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 30,886 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 32,952% (106.69%)
Arab: 59 (0.19%)
Czech: 96 (0.31%)
Danish: 231 (0.75%)
Dutch: 601 (1.95%)
English: 3,603 (11.67%)
French (except Basque): 702 (2.27%)
French Canadian: 196 (0.63%)
German: 5,546 (17.96%)
Greek: 57 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 214 (0.69%)
Irish: 3,461 (11.21%)
Italian: 1,680 (5.44%)
Lithuanian: 63 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 718 (2.32%)
Polish: 1,008 (3.26%)
Portuguese: 88 (0.28%)
Russian: 209 (0.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 541 (1.75%)
Scottish: 507 (1.64%)
Slovak: 92 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 63 (0.2%)
Swedish: 683 (2.21%)
Swiss: 128 (0.41%)
Ukrainian: 92 (0.3%)
United States or American: 1,745 (5.65%)
Welsh: 295 (0.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 20 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 10,254 (33.2%)

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