Barling, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0503640, place: Barling city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 922 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (4.99%)
Kindergarten: 55 (5.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 527 (57.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 207 (22.45%)
College or graduate school: 87 (9.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,685 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 207 (7.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 488 (18.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,025 (38.18%)
Some college, no degree: 574 (21.38%)
Associate degree: 118 (4.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 176 (6.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 97 (3.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,213 (100%)
Never married: 590 (18.36%)
Now married, except separated: 1,805 (56.18%)
Separated: 53 (1.65%)
Total Widowed: 234 (7.28%)
Widowed Female: 188 (5.85%)
Total Divorced: 531 (16.53%)
Divorced Female: 332 (10.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 106 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 74 (69.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,987 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 474 (15.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 944 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (17.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,375 (100%)
--With a disability: 681 (28.67%)
----Percent employed: 59.2%
--No disability: 1,694 (71.33%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 467 (100%)
--With a disability: 301 (64.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,813 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,686 (44.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,082 (54.6%)
--Same county: 955 (25.05%)
--Different county: 1,127 (29.56%)
----Same state: 531 (13.93%)
----Different state: 596 (15.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 45 (1.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,113 (100%)
Native: 3,939 (95.77%)
--Born in United States: 3,939 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,584 (62.83%)
----Different state: 1,355 (32.94%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 174 (4.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 102 (2.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 67 (1.63%)
--Not a citizen: 107 (2.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 174 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 52 (29.89%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 122 (70.11%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,813 (100%)
English only: 3,575 (93.76%)
Language other than English: 238 (6.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (2.75%)
--Spanish: 197 (5.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (2.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 35 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,113 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,337% (81.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (0.29%)
Danish: 14 (0.34%)
Dutch: 129 (3.14%)
English: 340 (8.27%)
French (except Basque): 85 (2.07%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.56%)
German: 412 (10.02%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 498 (12.11%)
Italian: 27 (0.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 19 (0.46%)
Polish: 22 (0.53%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 101 (2.46%)
Scottish: 63 (1.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 57 (1.39%)
Swedish: 12 (0.29%)
Swiss: 8 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 600 (14.59%)
Welsh: 20 (0.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.24%)
Other ancestries: 885 (21.52%)

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