General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0504420, place: Bearden city, Arkansas)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 295 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (6.78%)
Kindergarten: 22 (7.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 144 (48.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (21.69%)
College or graduate school: 45 (15.25%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 737 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 59 (8.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 166 (22.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 282 (38.26%)
Some college, no degree: 157 (21.3%)
Associate degree: 20 (2.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 37 (5.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (2.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 886 (100%)
Never married: 222 (25.06%)
Now married, except separated: 419 (47.29%)
Separated: 26 (2.93%)
Total Widowed: 102 (11.51%)
Widowed Female: 86 (9.71%)
Total Divorced: 117 (13.21%)
Divorced Female: 54 (6.09%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (61.9%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 843 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 87 (10.32%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 277 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (9.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 640 (100%)
--With a disability: 166 (25.94%)
----Percent employed: 38%
--No disability: 474 (74.06%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
Population 65 years and over: 151 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (39.74%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,068 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 597 (55.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 469 (43.91%)
--Same county: 301 (28.18%)
--Different county: 168 (15.73%)
----Same state: 91 (8.52%)
----Different state: 77 (7.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.19%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,161 (100%)
Native: 1,143 (98.45%)
--Born in United States: 1,135 (100%)
----State of residence: 981 (84.5%)
----Different state: 154 (13.26%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 18 (1.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.34%)
--Naturalized citizen: 9 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.78%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 4 (22.22%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14 (77.78%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,068 (100%)
English only: 1,040 (97.38%)
Language other than English: 28 (2.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.19%)
--Spanish: 24 (2.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.37%)
----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: 1,161 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 904% (77.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.43%)
English: 40 (3.45%)
French (except Basque): 5 (0.43%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 39 (3.36%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 69 (5.94%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 7 (0.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.17%)
Swedish: 2 (0.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 203 (17.48%)
Welsh: 2 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 527 (45.39%)
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