Beebe, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0504600, place: Beebe city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,336 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 68 (5.09%)
Kindergarten: 58 (4.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 596 (44.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 254 (19.01%)
College or graduate school: 360 (26.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,140 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 198 (6.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 502 (15.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,075 (34.24%)
Some college, no degree: 701 (22.32%)
Associate degree: 178 (5.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 317 (10.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 169 (5.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,898 (100%)
Never married: 797 (20.45%)
Now married, except separated: 2,326 (59.67%)
Separated: 38 (0.97%)
Total Widowed: 306 (7.85%)
Widowed Female: 264 (6.77%)
Total Divorced: 431 (11.06%)
Divorced Female: 245 (6.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 61 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (54.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,660 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 566 (15.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,131 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (11.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,757 (100%)
--With a disability: 496 (17.99%)
----Percent employed: 52.6%
--No disability: 2,261 (82.01%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 647 (100%)
--With a disability: 296 (45.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,569 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,130 (46.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,391 (52.33%)
--Same county: 842 (18.43%)
--Different county: 1,549 (33.9%)
----Same state: 1,241 (27.16%)
----Different state: 308 (6.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 48 (1.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,901 (100%)
Native: 4,784 (97.61%)
--Born in United States: 4,756 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,440 (70.19%)
----Different state: 1,316 (26.85%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 117 (2.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 60 (1.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (1.2%)
--Not a citizen: 58 (1.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 117 (100%)
Europe: 6 (5.13%)
Asia: 98 (83.76%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (5.13%)
Northern America: 7 (5.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,569 (100%)
English only: 4,407 (96.45%)
Language other than English: 162 (3.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (1.79%)
--Spanish: 44 (0.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (0.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 104 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (1.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,901 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,838% (78.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 24 (0.49%)
Danish: 6 (0.12%)
Dutch: 72 (1.47%)
English: 585 (11.94%)
French (except Basque): 57 (1.16%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.29%)
German: 515 (10.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.14%)
Irish: 629 (12.83%)
Italian: 99 (2.02%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 67 (1.37%)
Polish: 25 (0.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 117 (2.39%)
Scottish: 48 (0.98%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 48 (0.98%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 686 (14%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 832 (16.98%)

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