Tempe, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0473000, place: Tempe city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 54,762 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,227 (4.07%)
Kindergarten: 1,679 (3.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,943 (25.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,673 (12.19%)
College or graduate school: 30,240 (55.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 93,273 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,393 (3.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,874 (6.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 16,677 (17.88%)
Some college, no degree: 23,362 (25.05%)
Associate degree: 7,001 (7.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 23,347 (25.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13,619 (14.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 132,180 (100%)
Never married: 58,151 (43.99%)
Now married, except separated: 54,649 (41.34%)
Separated: 1,866 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 4,339 (3.28%)
Widowed Female: 3,615 (2.73%)
Total Divorced: 13,175 (9.97%)
Divorced Female: 7,350 (5.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,131 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 873 (40.97%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 127,265 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12,819 (10.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 37,400 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,577 (6.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 100,797 (100%)
--With a disability: 15,475 (15.35%)
----Percent employed: 67.3%
--No disability: 85,322 (84.65%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 11,010 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,256 (38.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 149,719 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 57,613 (38.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 83,849 (56%)
--Same county: 47,390 (31.65%)
--Different county: 36,459 (24.35%)
----Same state: 4,976 (3.32%)
----Different state: 31,483 (21.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8,257 (5.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 158,426 (100%)
Native: 138,004 (87.11%)
--Born in United States: 135,943 (100%)
----State of residence: 46,733 (29.5%)
----Different state: 89,210 (56.31%)
--Born outside United States: 2,061 (1.3%)
Foreign born: 20,422 (12.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 12,243 (7.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,478 (3.46%)
--Not a citizen: 14,944 (9.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20,422 (100%)
Europe: 2,422 (11.86%)
Asia: 6,976 (34.16%)
Africa: 540 (2.64%)
Oceania: 104 (0.51%)
Latin America: 9,692 (47.46%)
Northern America: 688 (3.37%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 149,719 (100%)
English only: 117,627 (78.57%)
Language other than English: 32,092 (21.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,997 (8.68%)
--Spanish: 19,817 (13.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,067 (6.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,939 (3.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,097 (0.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,213 (3.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,270 (1.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 158,426 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 174,580% (110.2%)
Arab: 1,187 (0.75%)
Czech: 1,248 (0.79%)
Danish: 1,417 (0.89%)
Dutch: 2,729 (1.72%)
English: 17,735 (11.19%)
French (except Basque): 4,654 (2.94%)
French Canadian: 1,153 (0.73%)
German: 28,042 (17.7%)
Greek: 622 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 990 (0.62%)
Irish: 19,063 (12.03%)
Italian: 8,669 (5.47%)
Lithuanian: 352 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 4,098 (2.59%)
Polish: 4,670 (2.95%)
Portuguese: 552 (0.35%)
Russian: 1,655 (1.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,944 (1.86%)
Scottish: 3,805 (2.4%)
Slovak: 264 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 663 (0.42%)
Swedish: 3,573 (2.26%)
Swiss: 478 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 376 (0.24%)
United States or American: 6,306 (3.98%)
Welsh: 1,319 (0.83%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 242 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 55,774 (35.21%)

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