Thatcher, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0473420, place: Thatcher town, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,814 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (1.71%)
Kindergarten: 70 (3.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 509 (28.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 302 (16.65%)
College or graduate school: 902 (49.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,999 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 100 (5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 189 (9.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 446 (22.31%)
Some college, no degree: 575 (28.76%)
Associate degree: 242 (12.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 222 (11.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 225 (11.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,139 (100%)
Never married: 1,114 (35.49%)
Now married, except separated: 1,617 (51.51%)
Separated: 31 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 155 (4.94%)
Widowed Female: 124 (3.95%)
Total Divorced: 222 (7.07%)
Divorced Female: 158 (5.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (60.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,922 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 296 (10.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,436 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (4.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,898 (100%)
--With a disability: 281 (14.81%)
----Percent employed: 57.7%
--No disability: 1,617 (85.19%)
----Percent employed: 70.7%
Population 65 years and over: 413 (100%)
--With a disability: 164 (39.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,747 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,973 (52.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,751 (46.73%)
--Same county: 674 (17.99%)
--Different county: 1,077 (28.74%)
----Same state: 675 (18.01%)
----Different state: 402 (10.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,022 (100%)
Native: 3,932 (97.76%)
--Born in United States: 3,910 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,518 (62.61%)
----Different state: 1,392 (34.61%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 90 (2.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23 (0.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 74 (1.84%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 90 (100%)
Europe: 7 (7.78%)
Asia: 15 (16.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 66 (73.33%)
Northern America: 2 (2.22%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,747 (100%)
English only: 3,204 (85.51%)
Language other than English: 543 (14.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (3.34%)
--Spanish: 462 (12.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (2.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,022 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,990% (99.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (0.45%)
Danish: 82 (2.04%)
Dutch: 44 (1.09%)
English: 989 (24.59%)
French (except Basque): 88 (2.19%)
French Canadian: 37 (0.92%)
German: 394 (9.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 250 (6.22%)
Italian: 92 (2.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 80 (1.99%)
Polish: 29 (0.72%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (0.65%)
Scottish: 172 (4.28%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 75 (1.86%)
Swiss: 34 (0.85%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 222 (5.52%)
Welsh: 72 (1.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 1,282 (31.87%)

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