Blytheville, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0507330, place: Blytheville city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,788 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 367 (7.66%)
Kindergarten: 460 (9.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,345 (48.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,007 (21.03%)
College or graduate school: 609 (12.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,013 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,527 (13.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,118 (19.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,297 (29.94%)
Some college, no degree: 2,067 (18.77%)
Associate degree: 444 (4.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,070 (9.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 490 (4.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 66.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,626 (100%)
Never married: 3,766 (27.64%)
Now married, except separated: 6,435 (47.23%)
Separated: 475 (3.49%)
Total Widowed: 1,352 (9.92%)
Widowed Female: 1,170 (8.59%)
Total Divorced: 1,598 (11.73%)
Divorced Female: 859 (6.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 746 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 443 (59.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,842 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,770 (13.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,545 (100%)
--With a disability: 555 (12.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,346 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,566 (27.46%)
----Percent employed: 50.3%
--No disability: 6,780 (72.54%)
----Percent employed: 69.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,528 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,458 (57.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,618 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,617 (51.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,969 (47.95%)
--Same county: 5,883 (35.4%)
--Different county: 2,086 (12.55%)
----Same state: 526 (3.17%)
----Different state: 1,560 (9.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 32 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,250 (100%)
Native: 18,083 (99.08%)
--Born in United States: 18,037 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,154 (66.6%)
----Different state: 5,883 (32.24%)
--Born outside United States: 46 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 167 (0.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 95 (0.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 53 (0.29%)
--Not a citizen: 114 (0.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 167 (100%)
Europe: 23 (13.77%)
Asia: 23 (13.77%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 121 (72.46%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,618 (100%)
English only: 16,125 (97.03%)
Language other than English: 493 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 245 (1.47%)
--Spanish: 379 (2.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 201 (1.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 97 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,250 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,562% (79.79%)
Arab: 30 (0.16%)
Czech: 29 (0.16%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 85 (0.47%)
English: 979 (5.36%)
French (except Basque): 169 (0.93%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.13%)
German: 630 (3.45%)
Greek: 18 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.13%)
Irish: 821 (4.5%)
Italian: 90 (0.49%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 40 (0.22%)
Polish: 29 (0.16%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 199 (1.09%)
Scottish: 147 (0.81%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 314 (1.72%)
Swedish: 81 (0.44%)
Swiss: 14 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,022 (11.08%)
Welsh: 27 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 8,774 (48.08%)

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