Avoca, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0503040, place: Avoca town, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 96 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (2.08%)
Kindergarten: 11 (11.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 65 (67.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9 (9.38%)
College or graduate school: 9 (9.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 260 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13 (5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 41 (15.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 106 (40.77%)
Some college, no degree: 47 (18.08%)
Associate degree: 20 (7.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 26 (10%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (2.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 296 (100%)
Never married: 34 (11.49%)
Now married, except separated: 190 (64.19%)
Separated: 5 (1.69%)
Total Widowed: 41 (13.85%)
Widowed Female: 36 (12.16%)
Total Divorced: 26 (8.78%)
Divorced Female: 10 (3.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 293 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 53 (18.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 97 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (2.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 231 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (19.91%)
----Percent employed: 71.7%
--No disability: 185 (80.09%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 50 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 378 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 250 (66.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 128 (33.86%)
--Same county: 83 (21.96%)
--Different county: 45 (11.9%)
----Same state: 13 (3.44%)
----Different state: 32 (8.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 413 (100%)
Native: 410 (99.27%)
--Born in United States: 399 (100%)
----State of residence: 176 (42.62%)
----Different state: 223 (54%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (2.66%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 3 (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: 378 (100%)
English only: 360 (95.24%)
Language other than English: 18 (4.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.06%)
--Spanish: 18 (4.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----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: 413 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 341% (82.57%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.48%)
Dutch: 10 (2.42%)
English: 12 (2.91%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.73%)
French Canadian: 6 (1.45%)
German: 64 (15.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 67 (16.22%)
Italian: 2 (0.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (2.91%)
Polish: 2 (0.48%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (2.66%)
Scottish: 1 (0.24%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.48%)
Swedish: 2 (0.48%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 87 (21.07%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 58 (14.04%)

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