Ashdown, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0502380, place: Ashdown city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,273 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 101 (7.93%)
Kindergarten: 68 (5.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 596 (46.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 287 (22.55%)
College or graduate school: 221 (17.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,008 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 297 (9.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 536 (17.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,068 (35.51%)
Some college, no degree: 662 (22.01%)
Associate degree: 112 (3.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 258 (8.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 75 (2.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,713 (100%)
Never married: 887 (23.89%)
Now married, except separated: 1,888 (50.85%)
Separated: 88 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 366 (9.86%)
Widowed Female: 305 (8.21%)
Total Divorced: 484 (13.04%)
Divorced Female: 333 (8.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 93 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (47.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,527 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 372 (10.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,164 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (6.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,501 (100%)
--With a disability: 599 (23.95%)
----Percent employed: 39.7%
--No disability: 1,902 (76.05%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 661 (100%)
--With a disability: 335 (50.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,450 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,534 (56.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,913 (42.99%)
--Same county: 1,059 (23.8%)
--Different county: 854 (19.19%)
----Same state: 413 (9.28%)
----Different state: 441 (9.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,788 (100%)
Native: 4,751 (99.23%)
--Born in United States: 4,732 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,409 (50.31%)
----Different state: 2,323 (48.52%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 37 (0.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (0.5%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 37 (100%)
Europe: 10 (27.03%)
Asia: 20 (54.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (18.92%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,450 (100%)
English only: 4,310 (96.85%)
Language other than English: 140 (3.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.56%)
--Spanish: 94 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 16 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,788 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,897% (81.39%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 44 (0.92%)
English: 336 (7.02%)
French (except Basque): 67 (1.4%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 257 (5.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 400 (8.35%)
Italian: 81 (1.69%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 23 (0.48%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.23%)
Russian: 7 (0.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (1.23%)
Scottish: 39 (0.81%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.27%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 641 (13.39%)
Welsh: 31 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,888 (39.43%)

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