Camden, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0510720, place: Camden city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,404 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 275 (8.08%)
Kindergarten: 221 (6.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,557 (45.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 900 (26.44%)
College or graduate school: 451 (13.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,672 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 744 (8.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,575 (18.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,899 (33.43%)
Some college, no degree: 1,809 (20.86%)
Associate degree: 431 (4.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 853 (9.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 361 (4.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,403 (100%)
Never married: 2,306 (22.17%)
Now married, except separated: 5,253 (50.5%)
Separated: 366 (3.52%)
Total Widowed: 1,310 (12.59%)
Widowed Female: 1,064 (10.23%)
Total Divorced: 1,168 (11.23%)
Divorced Female: 738 (7.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 305 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 205 (67.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,803 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,386 (14.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,049 (100%)
--With a disability: 326 (10.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,653 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,877 (28.21%)
----Percent employed: 50.6%
--No disability: 4,776 (71.79%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,468 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,301 (52.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,373 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,993 (56.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,288 (42.74%)
--Same county: 3,774 (30.5%)
--Different county: 1,514 (12.24%)
----Same state: 712 (5.75%)
----Different state: 802 (6.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 92 (0.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,281 (100%)
Native: 13,215 (99.5%)
--Born in United States: 13,158 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,706 (80.61%)
----Different state: 2,452 (18.46%)
--Born outside United States: 57 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 66 (0.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (0.21%)
--Not a citizen: 38 (0.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 66 (100%)
Europe: 24 (36.36%)
Asia: 29 (43.94%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (19.7%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,373 (100%)
English only: 12,087 (97.69%)
Language other than English: 286 (2.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.51%)
--Spanish: 197 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 30 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,281 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,256% (77.22%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.05%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 55 (0.41%)
English: 612 (4.61%)
French (except Basque): 205 (1.54%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.44%)
German: 552 (4.16%)
Greek: 4 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 834 (6.28%)
Italian: 95 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 24 (0.18%)
Polish: 7 (0.05%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.07%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 230 (1.73%)
Scottish: 87 (0.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 60 (0.45%)
Swedish: 58 (0.44%)
Swiss: 23 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,269 (9.56%)
Welsh: 23 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 6,044 (45.51%)

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