Alexander, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0500580, place: Alexander town, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 154 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (14.29%)
Kindergarten: 4 (2.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 59 (38.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 41 (26.62%)
College or graduate school: 28 (18.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 424 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (4.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 75 (17.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 189 (44.58%)
Some college, no degree: 90 (21.23%)
Associate degree: 25 (5.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (4.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (2.59%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 498 (100%)
Never married: 111 (22.29%)
Now married, except separated: 215 (43.17%)
Separated: 11 (2.21%)
Total Widowed: 51 (10.24%)
Widowed Female: 40 (8.03%)
Total Divorced: 110 (22.09%)
Divorced Female: 72 (14.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (75%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 474 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 90 (18.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 105 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (13.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 378 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (34.66%)
----Percent employed: 53.4%
--No disability: 247 (65.34%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 82 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (57.32%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 570 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 247 (43.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 323 (56.67%)
--Same county: 102 (17.89%)
--Different county: 221 (38.77%)
----Same state: 174 (30.53%)
----Different state: 47 (8.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 614 (100%)
Native: 600 (97.72%)
--Born in United States: 597 (100%)
----State of residence: 424 (69.06%)
----Different state: 173 (28.18%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 14 (2.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (1.95%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 2 (14.29%)
Asia: 7 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (35.71%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 570 (100%)
English only: 545 (95.61%)
Language other than English: 25 (4.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.58%)
--Spanish: 14 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (1.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 614 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 570% (92.83%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.33%)
Danish: 6 (0.98%)
Dutch: 15 (2.44%)
English: 32 (5.21%)
French (except Basque): 7 (1.14%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 85 (13.84%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 61 (9.93%)
Italian: 5 (0.81%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.33%)
Polish: 4 (0.65%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.81%)
Scottish: 2 (0.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 53 (8.63%)
Swedish: 3 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.49%)
United States or American: 83 (13.52%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 198 (32.25%)

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