General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0502590, place: Atkins city, Arkansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 650 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (4.46%)
Kindergarten: 26 (4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 312 (48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 139 (21.38%)
College or graduate school: 144 (22.15%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,931 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 244 (12.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 336 (17.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 705 (36.51%)
Some college, no degree: 415 (21.49%)
Associate degree: 48 (2.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 129 (6.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (2.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,339 (100%)
Never married: 396 (16.93%)
Now married, except separated: 1,400 (59.85%)
Separated: 32 (1.37%)
Total Widowed: 233 (9.96%)
Widowed Female: 177 (7.57%)
Total Divorced: 278 (11.89%)
Divorced Female: 127 (5.43%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (77.08%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,203 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 329 (14.93%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 625 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (8.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,558 (100%)
--With a disability: 443 (28.43%)
----Percent employed: 52.4%
--No disability: 1,115 (71.57%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 430 (100%)
--With a disability: 293 (68.14%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,698 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,322 (49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,373 (50.89%)
--Same county: 868 (32.17%)
--Different county: 505 (18.72%)
----Same state: 264 (9.79%)
----Different state: 241 (8.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.11%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,869 (100%)
Native: 2,861 (99.72%)
--Born in United States: 2,853 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,076 (72.36%)
----Different state: 777 (27.08%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 8 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,698 (100%)
English only: 2,649 (98.18%)
Language other than English: 49 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.78%)
--Spanish: 23 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.3%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,869 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,159% (75.25%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 5 (0.17%)
Dutch: 62 (2.16%)
English: 71 (2.47%)
French (except Basque): 54 (1.88%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 300 (10.46%)
Greek: 9 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 397 (13.84%)
Italian: 26 (0.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 32 (1.12%)
Polish: 18 (0.63%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (0.77%)
Scottish: 36 (1.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 10 (0.35%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 689 (24.02%)
Welsh: 18 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 410 (14.29%)
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