Bella Vista, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0504840, place: Bella Vista CDP, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,776 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (1.97%)
Kindergarten: 107 (6.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 876 (49.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 381 (21.45%)
College or graduate school: 377 (21.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,040 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 225 (1.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 823 (5.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,339 (30.9%)
Some college, no degree: 4,011 (28.57%)
Associate degree: 793 (5.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,540 (18.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,309 (9.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,794 (100%)
Never married: 920 (6.22%)
Now married, except separated: 11,568 (78.19%)
Separated: 58 (0.39%)
Total Widowed: 1,179 (7.97%)
Widowed Female: 928 (6.27%)
Total Divorced: 1,069 (7.23%)
Divorced Female: 557 (3.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 94 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (28.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,538 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,206 (28.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,591 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (4.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,328 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,158 (15.8%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
--No disability: 6,170 (84.2%)
----Percent employed: 67%
Population 65 years and over: 6,858 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,735 (25.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,903 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,361 (46.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,457 (53.18%)
--Same county: 2,853 (17.94%)
--Different county: 5,604 (35.24%)
----Same state: 712 (4.48%)
----Different state: 4,892 (30.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 85 (0.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,441 (100%)
Native: 16,284 (99.05%)
--Born in United States: 16,165 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,634 (16.02%)
----Different state: 13,531 (82.3%)
--Born outside United States: 119 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 157 (0.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 41 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 91 (0.55%)
--Not a citizen: 66 (0.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 157 (100%)
Europe: 60 (38.22%)
Asia: 77 (49.04%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (3.18%)
Northern America: 15 (9.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,903 (100%)
English only: 15,404 (96.86%)
Language other than English: 499 (3.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (0.79%)
--Spanish: 274 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 149 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 67 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,441 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,645% (107.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 223 (1.36%)
Danish: 182 (1.11%)
Dutch: 410 (2.49%)
English: 3,091 (18.8%)
French (except Basque): 552 (3.36%)
French Canadian: 104 (0.63%)
German: 4,427 (26.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.18%)
Irish: 2,008 (12.21%)
Italian: 292 (1.78%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 633 (3.85%)
Polish: 418 (2.54%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.05%)
Russian: 45 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 579 (3.52%)
Scottish: 418 (2.54%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 655 (3.98%)
Swiss: 153 (0.93%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,350 (8.21%)
Welsh: 185 (1.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 1,843 (11.21%)

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