Amity, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0501360, place: Amity city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 158 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (7.59%)
Kindergarten: 9 (5.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 73 (46.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 48 (30.38%)
College or graduate school: 16 (10.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 501 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 71 (14.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 100 (19.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 208 (41.52%)
Some college, no degree: 65 (12.97%)
Associate degree: 16 (3.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 25 (4.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (3.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 622 (100%)
Never married: 107 (17.2%)
Now married, except separated: 386 (62.06%)
Separated: 8 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 63 (10.13%)
Widowed Female: 54 (8.68%)
Total Divorced: 58 (9.32%)
Divorced Female: 26 (4.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (42.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 573 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 60 (10.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 149 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (2.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 453 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (32.23%)
----Percent employed: 59.6%
--No disability: 307 (67.77%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 106 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (65.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 708 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 378 (53.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 315 (44.49%)
--Same county: 181 (25.56%)
--Different county: 134 (18.93%)
----Same state: 85 (12.01%)
----Different state: 49 (6.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (2.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 776 (100%)
Native: 763 (98.32%)
--Born in United States: 758 (100%)
----State of residence: 635 (81.83%)
----Different state: 123 (15.85%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 13 (1.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (1.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.26%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (1.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 2 (15.38%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (84.62%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 708 (100%)
English only: 690 (97.46%)
Language other than English: 18 (2.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (1.55%)
--Spanish: 14 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 776 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 651% (83.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.26%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 20 (2.58%)
English: 59 (7.6%)
French (except Basque): 1 (0.13%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.26%)
German: 44 (5.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 98 (12.63%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.26%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (2.58%)
Scottish: 9 (1.16%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.39%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 3 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 210 (27.06%)
Welsh: 4 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 174 (22.42%)

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