Wellton, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0481480, place: Wellton town, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 365 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (5.75%)
Kindergarten: 23 (6.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 203 (55.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 92 (25.21%)
College or graduate school: 26 (7.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,396 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 283 (20.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 248 (17.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 433 (31.02%)
Some college, no degree: 270 (19.34%)
Associate degree: 59 (4.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 60 (4.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 43 (3.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,576 (100%)
Never married: 244 (15.48%)
Now married, except separated: 1,076 (68.27%)
Separated: 39 (2.47%)
Total Widowed: 101 (6.41%)
Widowed Female: 78 (4.95%)
Total Divorced: 116 (7.36%)
Divorced Female: 51 (3.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 32 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (40.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,501 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 353 (23.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 361 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (7.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 875 (100%)
--With a disability: 221 (25.26%)
----Percent employed: 41.2%
--No disability: 654 (74.74%)
----Percent employed: 47.4%
Population 65 years and over: 568 (100%)
--With a disability: 218 (38.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,804 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 945 (52.38%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 818 (45.34%)
--Same county: 390 (21.62%)
--Different county: 428 (23.73%)
----Same state: 38 (2.11%)
----Different state: 390 (21.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (2.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,936 (100%)
Native: 1,541 (79.6%)
--Born in United States: 1,527 (100%)
----State of residence: 544 (28.1%)
----Different state: 983 (50.77%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 395 (20.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 105 (5.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 149 (7.7%)
--Not a citizen: 246 (12.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 395 (100%)
Europe: 10 (2.53%)
Asia: 8 (2.03%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 346 (87.59%)
Northern America: 31 (7.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,804 (100%)
English only: 1,146 (63.53%)
Language other than English: 658 (36.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 338 (18.74%)
--Spanish: 640 (35.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 329 (18.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,936 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,729% (89.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.41%)
Danish: 32 (1.65%)
Dutch: 26 (1.34%)
English: 152 (7.85%)
French (except Basque): 30 (1.55%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.88%)
German: 182 (9.4%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.31%)
Irish: 96 (4.96%)
Italian: 12 (0.62%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 53 (2.74%)
Polish: 19 (0.98%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.98%)
Scottish: 34 (1.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.1%)
Swedish: 30 (1.55%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 104 (5.37%)
Welsh: 15 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 884 (45.66%)

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