General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0482740, place: Wickenburg town, Arizona)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,007 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 71 (7.05%)
Kindergarten: 65 (6.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 480 (47.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 248 (24.63%)
College or graduate school: 143 (14.2%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 3,713 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 323 (8.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 411 (11.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,064 (28.66%)
Some college, no degree: 1,002 (26.99%)
Associate degree: 175 (4.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 526 (14.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 212 (5.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 4,235 (100%)
Never married: 773 (18.25%)
Now married, except separated: 2,477 (58.49%)
Separated: 33 (0.78%)
Total Widowed: 433 (10.22%)
Widowed Female: 353 (8.34%)
Total Divorced: 519 (12.26%)
Divorced Female: 276 (6.52%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (31.11%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 4,020 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 869 (21.62%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 917 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (9.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,495 (100%)
--With a disability: 665 (26.65%)
----Percent employed: 63.9%
--No disability: 1,830 (73.35%)
----Percent employed: 74.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,368 (100%)
--With a disability: 551 (40.28%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 4,823 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,781 (36.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,868 (59.47%)
--Same county: 1,644 (34.09%)
--Different county: 1,224 (25.38%)
----Same state: 263 (5.45%)
----Different state: 961 (19.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 174 (3.61%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 5,050 (100%)
Native: 4,578 (90.65%)
--Born in United States: 4,542 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,280 (25.35%)
----Different state: 3,262 (64.59%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 472 (9.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 230 (4.55%)
--Naturalized citizen: 171 (3.39%)
--Not a citizen: 301 (5.96%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 472 (100%)
Europe: 54 (11.44%)
Asia: 35 (7.42%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 16 (3.39%)
Latin America: 332 (70.34%)
Northern America: 35 (7.42%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 4,823 (100%)
English only: 4,237 (87.85%)
Language other than English: 586 (12.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 269 (5.58%)
--Spanish: 491 (10.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 252 (5.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 41 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 31 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.06%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 5,050 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,641% (111.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 37 (0.73%)
Danish: 51 (1.01%)
Dutch: 103 (2.04%)
English: 707 (14%)
French (except Basque): 198 (3.92%)
French Canadian: 64 (1.27%)
German: 988 (19.56%)
Greek: 18 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.44%)
Irish: 725 (14.36%)
Italian: 397 (7.86%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 139 (2.75%)
Polish: 200 (3.96%)
Portuguese: 56 (1.11%)
Russian: 12 (0.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 160 (3.17%)
Scottish: 169 (3.35%)
Slovak: 8 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 110 (2.18%)
Swiss: 34 (0.67%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.2%)
United States or American: 270 (5.35%)
Welsh: 174 (3.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 982 (19.45%)
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