Arkansas City, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0501990, place: Arkansas City city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 152 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (16.45%)
Kindergarten: 6 (3.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 69 (45.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 40 (26.32%)
College or graduate school: 12 (7.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 372 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 61 (16.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (22.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 124 (33.33%)
Some college, no degree: 62 (16.67%)
Associate degree: 4 (1.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 31 (8.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (1.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 466 (100%)
Never married: 92 (19.74%)
Now married, except separated: 245 (52.58%)
Separated: 7 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 67 (14.38%)
Widowed Female: 56 (12.02%)
Total Divorced: 55 (11.8%)
Divorced Female: 35 (7.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 41 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (87.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 433 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 67 (15.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 143 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (16.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 305 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (28.2%)
----Percent employed: 41.9%
--No disability: 219 (71.8%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
Population 65 years and over: 93 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (56.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 541 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 364 (67.28%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 177 (32.72%)
--Same county: 115 (21.26%)
--Different county: 62 (11.46%)
----Same state: 24 (4.44%)
----Different state: 38 (7.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 596 (100%)
Native: 594 (99.66%)
--Born in United States: 590 (100%)
----State of residence: 501 (84.06%)
----Different state: 89 (14.93%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.34%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.34%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 541 (100%)
English only: 527 (97.41%)
Language other than English: 14 (2.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.92%)
--Spanish: 13 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 596 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 485% (81.38%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (1.85%)
English: 10 (1.68%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 22 (3.69%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 55 (9.23%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 2 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.84%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (1.68%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 144 (24.16%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 221 (37.08%)

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