Brinkley, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0508950, place: Brinkley city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,029 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 42 (4.08%)
Kindergarten: 74 (7.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 592 (57.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 256 (24.88%)
College or graduate school: 65 (6.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,399 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 324 (13.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 532 (22.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 933 (38.89%)
Some college, no degree: 311 (12.96%)
Associate degree: 93 (3.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 112 (4.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 94 (3.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 64.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,915 (100%)
Never married: 694 (23.81%)
Now married, except separated: 1,493 (51.22%)
Separated: 54 (1.85%)
Total Widowed: 364 (12.49%)
Widowed Female: 313 (10.74%)
Total Divorced: 310 (10.63%)
Divorced Female: 199 (6.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 137 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 94 (68.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,734 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 350 (12.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,055 (100%)
--With a disability: 114 (10.81%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,857 (100%)
--With a disability: 549 (29.56%)
----Percent employed: 42.8%
--No disability: 1,308 (70.44%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
Population 65 years and over: 625 (100%)
--With a disability: 308 (49.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,650 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,157 (59.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,482 (40.6%)
--Same county: 941 (25.78%)
--Different county: 541 (14.82%)
----Same state: 401 (10.99%)
----Different state: 140 (3.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,977 (100%)
Native: 3,977 (100%)
--Born in United States: 3,977 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,371 (84.76%)
----Different state: 606 (15.24%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,650 (100%)
English only: 3,550 (97.26%)
Language other than English: 100 (2.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.44%)
--Spanish: 71 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (0.79%)
----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: 3,977 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,999% (75.41%)
Arab: 20 (0.5%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (0.33%)
English: 105 (2.64%)
French (except Basque): 41 (1.03%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 151 (3.8%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 139 (3.5%)
Italian: 32 (0.8%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (0.68%)
Scottish: 22 (0.55%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 28 (0.7%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 534 (13.43%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,887 (47.45%)

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