Augusta, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0502740, place: Augusta city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 698 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 101 (14.47%)
Kindergarten: 48 (6.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 332 (47.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 147 (21.06%)
College or graduate school: 70 (10.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,673 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 263 (15.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 366 (21.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 708 (42.32%)
Some college, no degree: 200 (11.95%)
Associate degree: 11 (0.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 107 (6.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (1.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 62.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,057 (100%)
Never married: 565 (27.47%)
Now married, except separated: 963 (46.82%)
Separated: 33 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 248 (12.06%)
Widowed Female: 199 (9.67%)
Total Divorced: 248 (12.06%)
Divorced Female: 153 (7.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 65 (70.65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,939 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 253 (13.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 638 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (11.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,387 (100%)
--With a disability: 326 (23.5%)
----Percent employed: 40.5%
--No disability: 1,061 (76.5%)
----Percent employed: 71.8%
Population 65 years and over: 434 (100%)
--With a disability: 292 (67.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,474 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,584 (64.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 871 (35.21%)
--Same county: 607 (24.54%)
--Different county: 264 (10.67%)
----Same state: 154 (6.22%)
----Different state: 110 (4.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,675 (100%)
Native: 2,663 (99.55%)
--Born in United States: 2,651 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,324 (86.88%)
----Different state: 327 (12.22%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 12 (0.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.26%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12 (100%)
Europe: 8 (66.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 4 (33.33%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,474 (100%)
English only: 2,449 (98.99%)
Language other than English: 25 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.36%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,675 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,085% (77.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.15%)
Dutch: 29 (1.08%)
English: 86 (3.21%)
French (except Basque): 12 (0.45%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 85 (3.18%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 167 (6.24%)
Italian: 4 (0.15%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (1.01%)
Scottish: 21 (0.79%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 170 (6.36%)
Swedish: 4 (0.15%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 423 (15.81%)
Welsh: 4 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,049 (39.21%)

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