Dardanelle, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0517380, place: Dardanelle city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 881 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 64 (7.26%)
Kindergarten: 86 (9.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 429 (48.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 183 (20.77%)
College or graduate school: 119 (13.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,651 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 500 (18.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 564 (21.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 856 (32.29%)
Some college, no degree: 385 (14.52%)
Associate degree: 64 (2.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 173 (6.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 109 (4.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,409 (100%)
Never married: 632 (18.54%)
Now married, except separated: 1,826 (53.56%)
Separated: 142 (4.17%)
Total Widowed: 329 (9.65%)
Widowed Female: 289 (8.48%)
Total Divorced: 480 (14.08%)
Divorced Female: 248 (7.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 89 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (42.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,214 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 408 (12.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 960 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (9.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,276 (100%)
--With a disability: 593 (26.05%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
--No disability: 1,683 (73.95%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 605 (100%)
--With a disability: 348 (57.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,960 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,453 (36.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,321 (58.61%)
--Same county: 1,002 (25.3%)
--Different county: 1,319 (33.31%)
----Same state: 773 (19.52%)
----Different state: 546 (13.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 186 (4.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,271 (100%)
Native: 3,595 (84.17%)
--Born in United States: 3,567 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,338 (54.74%)
----Different state: 1,229 (28.78%)
--Born outside United States: 28 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 676 (15.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 448 (10.49%)
--Naturalized citizen: 138 (3.23%)
--Not a citizen: 538 (12.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 676 (100%)
Europe: 7 (1.04%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 669 (98.96%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,960 (100%)
English only: 3,200 (80.81%)
Language other than English: 760 (19.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 590 (14.9%)
--Spanish: 717 (18.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 575 (14.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,271 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,354% (78.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.19%)
Danish: 9 (0.21%)
Dutch: 68 (1.59%)
English: 127 (2.97%)
French (except Basque): 129 (3.02%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.37%)
German: 274 (6.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 373 (8.73%)
Italian: 17 (0.4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.16%)
Polish: 28 (0.66%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.4%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 58 (1.36%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 778 (18.22%)
Welsh: 8 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,421 (33.27%)

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