Benton, AR

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0505290, place: Benton city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,342 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 485 (9.08%)
Kindergarten: 378 (7.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,486 (46.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,220 (22.84%)
College or graduate school: 773 (14.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,473 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 909 (6.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,686 (11.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,079 (35.09%)
Some college, no degree: 3,320 (22.94%)
Associate degree: 746 (5.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,909 (13.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 824 (5.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,252 (100%)
Never married: 2,909 (16.86%)
Now married, except separated: 10,555 (61.18%)
Separated: 280 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 1,390 (8.06%)
Widowed Female: 1,125 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 2,118 (12.28%)
Divorced Female: 1,248 (7.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 267 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 115 (43.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,323 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,300 (14.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,777 (100%)
--With a disability: 446 (9.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,389 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,874 (23.2%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 9,515 (76.8%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,873 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,445 (50.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,440 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,288 (50.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,920 (48.53%)
--Same county: 4,871 (23.83%)
--Different county: 5,049 (24.7%)
----Same state: 3,149 (15.41%)
----Different state: 1,900 (9.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 232 (1.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,038 (100%)
Native: 21,711 (98.52%)
--Born in United States: 21,582 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,445 (70.08%)
----Different state: 6,137 (27.85%)
--Born outside United States: 129 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 327 (1.48%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 140 (0.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 100 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 227 (1.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 327 (100%)
Europe: 94 (28.75%)
Asia: 70 (21.41%)
Africa: 9 (2.75%)
Oceania: 12 (3.67%)
Latin America: 133 (40.67%)
Northern America: 9 (2.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,440 (100%)
English only: 19,668 (96.22%)
Language other than English: 772 (3.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 270 (1.32%)
--Spanish: 394 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 197 (0.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 274 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 75 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,038 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,182% (82.5%)
Arab: 65 (0.29%)
Czech: 51 (0.23%)
Danish: 49 (0.22%)
Dutch: 327 (1.48%)
English: 1,667 (7.56%)
French (except Basque): 587 (2.66%)
French Canadian: 89 (0.4%)
German: 2,294 (10.41%)
Greek: 54 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.17%)
Irish: 2,615 (11.87%)
Italian: 371 (1.68%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 83 (0.38%)
Polish: 151 (0.69%)
Portuguese: 39 (0.18%)
Russian: 18 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 487 (2.21%)
Scottish: 378 (1.72%)
Slovak: 8 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.05%)
Swedish: 134 (0.61%)
Swiss: 24 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 4,157 (18.86%)
Welsh: 90 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 4,368 (19.82%)

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