Alma, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0500970, place: Alma city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,172 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 151 (12.88%)
Kindergarten: 41 (3.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 615 (52.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 242 (20.65%)
College or graduate school: 123 (10.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,485 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 199 (8.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 406 (16.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 972 (39.11%)
Some college, no degree: 427 (17.18%)
Associate degree: 161 (6.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 252 (10.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 68 (2.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,016 (100%)
Never married: 443 (14.69%)
Now married, except separated: 1,908 (63.26%)
Separated: 18 (0.6%)
Total Widowed: 204 (6.76%)
Widowed Female: 180 (5.97%)
Total Divorced: 443 (14.69%)
Divorced Female: 297 (9.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 118 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (64.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,800 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 462 (16.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,097 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (12.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,206 (100%)
--With a disability: 576 (26.11%)
----Percent employed: 59%
--No disability: 1,630 (73.89%)
----Percent employed: 71.7%
Population 65 years and over: 457 (100%)
--With a disability: 229 (50.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,760 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,456 (38.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,304 (61.28%)
--Same county: 1,162 (30.9%)
--Different county: 1,142 (30.37%)
----Same state: 762 (20.27%)
----Different state: 380 (10.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,207 (100%)
Native: 4,168 (99.07%)
--Born in United States: 4,148 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,704 (64.27%)
----Different state: 1,444 (34.32%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 39 (0.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 23 (0.55%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 39 (100%)
Europe: 13 (33.33%)
Asia: 17 (43.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (23.08%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,760 (100%)
English only: 3,638 (96.76%)
Language other than English: 122 (3.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (1.17%)
--Spanish: 89 (2.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 33 (0.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,207 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,830% (67.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 47 (1.12%)
Dutch: 55 (1.31%)
English: 282 (6.7%)
French (except Basque): 44 (1.05%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.21%)
German: 162 (3.85%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 320 (7.61%)
Italian: 51 (1.21%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 27 (0.64%)
Polish: 27 (0.64%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.38%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (0.97%)
Scottish: 53 (1.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.02%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 950 (22.58%)
Welsh: 30 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 715 (17%)

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