General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0504030, place: Batesville city, Arkansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,326 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 179 (7.7%)
Kindergarten: 83 (3.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 975 (41.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 403 (17.33%)
College or graduate school: 686 (29.49%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 6,291 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 651 (10.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 759 (12.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,119 (33.68%)
Some college, no degree: 1,216 (19.33%)
Associate degree: 176 (2.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 764 (12.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 606 (9.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.8%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 7,685 (100%)
Never married: 1,458 (18.97%)
Now married, except separated: 4,261 (55.45%)
Separated: 138 (1.8%)
Total Widowed: 886 (11.53%)
Widowed Female: 714 (9.29%)
Total Divorced: 942 (12.26%)
Divorced Female: 544 (7.08%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 84 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (46.43%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 7,382 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 968 (13.11%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,995 (100%)
--With a disability: 164 (8.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,980 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,011 (20.3%)
----Percent employed: 35.8%
--No disability: 3,969 (79.7%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,492 (100%)
--With a disability: 711 (47.65%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 8,849 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,310 (48.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,263 (48.17%)
--Same county: 2,214 (25.02%)
--Different county: 2,049 (23.16%)
----Same state: 1,171 (13.23%)
----Different state: 878 (9.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 276 (3.12%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 9,409 (100%)
Native: 9,151 (97.26%)
--Born in United States: 9,076 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,035 (64.14%)
----Different state: 3,041 (32.32%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 258 (2.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 212 (2.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (0.26%)
--Not a citizen: 234 (2.49%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 258 (100%)
Europe: 63 (24.42%)
Asia: 134 (51.94%)
Africa: 9 (3.49%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 44 (17.05%)
Northern America: 8 (3.1%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 8,849 (100%)
English only: 8,333 (94.17%)
Language other than English: 516 (5.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 182 (2.06%)
--Spanish: 185 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 199 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 129 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 98 (1.11%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 9,409 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,119% (75.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 66 (0.7%)
Danish: 22 (0.23%)
Dutch: 121 (1.29%)
English: 851 (9.04%)
French (except Basque): 293 (3.11%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.15%)
German: 959 (10.19%)
Greek: 37 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.21%)
Irish: 900 (9.57%)
Italian: 103 (1.09%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 30 (0.32%)
Polish: 53 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 178 (1.89%)
Scottish: 189 (2.01%)
Slovak: 16 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.26%)
Swedish: 30 (0.32%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,378 (14.65%)
Welsh: 77 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,745 (18.55%)
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