Tolleson, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0474190, place: Tolleson city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,501 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 67 (4.46%)
Kindergarten: 83 (5.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 759 (50.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 377 (25.12%)
College or graduate school: 215 (14.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,847 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 838 (29.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 458 (16.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 797 (27.99%)
Some college, no degree: 482 (16.93%)
Associate degree: 92 (3.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 101 (3.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 79 (2.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 54.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,660 (100%)
Never married: 1,085 (29.64%)
Now married, except separated: 1,860 (50.82%)
Separated: 179 (4.89%)
Total Widowed: 205 (5.6%)
Widowed Female: 179 (4.89%)
Total Divorced: 331 (9.04%)
Divorced Female: 158 (4.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 254 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 113 (44.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,356 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 350 (10.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,407 (100%)
--With a disability: 76 (5.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,647 (100%)
--With a disability: 670 (25.31%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
--No disability: 1,977 (74.69%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 514 (100%)
--With a disability: 280 (54.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,572 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,728 (59.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,684 (36.83%)
--Same county: 1,406 (30.75%)
--Different county: 278 (6.08%)
----Same state: 21 (0.46%)
----Different state: 257 (5.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 160 (3.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,963 (100%)
Native: 3,843 (77.43%)
--Born in United States: 3,786 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,647 (53.33%)
----Different state: 1,139 (22.95%)
--Born outside United States: 57 (1.15%)
Foreign born: 1,120 (22.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 501 (10.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 396 (7.98%)
--Not a citizen: 724 (14.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,120 (100%)
Europe: 8 (0.71%)
Asia: 4 (0.36%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,108 (98.93%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,572 (100%)
English only: 1,643 (35.94%)
Language other than English: 2,929 (64.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,089 (23.82%)
--Spanish: 2,906 (63.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,077 (23.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,963 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,492% (90.51%)
Arab: 8 (0.16%)
Czech: 15 (0.3%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 27 (0.54%)
English: 130 (2.62%)
French (except Basque): 13 (0.26%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 160 (3.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 130 (2.62%)
Italian: 27 (0.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.32%)
Polish: 15 (0.3%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (0.54%)
Scottish: 24 (0.48%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 21 (0.42%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 158 (3.18%)
Welsh: 6 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,715 (74.85%)

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