Yuma, AZ

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0485540, place: Yuma city, Arizona)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 21,994 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,250 (5.68%)
Kindergarten: 1,341 (6.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 10,343 (47.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,817 (21.9%)
College or graduate school: 4,243 (19.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 45,137 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,306 (11.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,764 (14.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,340 (25.12%)
Some college, no degree: 11,780 (26.1%)
Associate degree: 2,641 (5.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,358 (9.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,948 (6.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 57,988 (100%)
Never married: 13,682 (23.59%)
Now married, except separated: 33,238 (57.32%)
Separated: 1,255 (2.16%)
Total Widowed: 4,061 (7%)
Widowed Female: 3,175 (5.48%)
Total Divorced: 5,752 (9.92%)
Divorced Female: 3,168 (5.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,757 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 660 (37.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 51,634 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,609 (16.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 19,587 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,619 (8.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 36,996 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,737 (20.91%)
----Percent employed: 53.9%
--No disability: 29,259 (79.09%)
----Percent employed: 69.8%
Population 65 years and over: 10,139 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,251 (41.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 70,856 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 30,533 (43.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 37,181 (52.47%)
--Same county: 20,076 (28.33%)
--Different county: 17,105 (24.14%)
----Same state: 2,564 (3.62%)
----Different state: 14,541 (20.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,142 (4.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 77,545 (100%)
Native: 63,527 (81.92%)
--Born in United States: 62,419 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,776 (33.24%)
----Different state: 36,643 (47.25%)
--Born outside United States: 1,108 (1.43%)
Foreign born: 14,018 (18.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,457 (5.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,470 (5.76%)
--Not a citizen: 9,548 (12.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14,018 (100%)
Europe: 441 (3.15%)
Asia: 756 (5.39%)
Africa: 105 (0.75%)
Oceania: 9 (0.06%)
Latin America: 12,144 (86.63%)
Northern America: 563 (4.02%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 70,856 (100%)
English only: 42,941 (60.6%)
Language other than English: 27,915 (39.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,415 (16.11%)
--Spanish: 26,079 (36.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,780 (15.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 722 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 174 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 839 (1.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 388 (0.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 77,545 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 77,431% (99.85%)
Arab: 179 (0.23%)
Czech: 256 (0.33%)
Danish: 387 (0.5%)
Dutch: 906 (1.17%)
English: 5,549 (7.16%)
French (except Basque): 1,622 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 354 (0.46%)
German: 8,037 (10.36%)
Greek: 72 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 120 (0.15%)
Irish: 5,744 (7.41%)
Italian: 1,609 (2.07%)
Lithuanian: 58 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 1,191 (1.54%)
Polish: 1,130 (1.46%)
Portuguese: 87 (0.11%)
Russian: 169 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,216 (1.57%)
Scottish: 1,256 (1.62%)
Slovak: 62 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 243 (0.31%)
Swedish: 1,002 (1.29%)
Swiss: 121 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 147 (0.19%)
United States or American: 3,863 (4.98%)
Welsh: 230 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 56 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 41,765 (53.86%)

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