Decatur, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0517740, place: Decatur city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 346 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (4.91%)
Kindergarten: 28 (8.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 197 (56.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 88 (25.43%)
College or graduate school: 16 (4.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 736 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 132 (17.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 123 (16.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 300 (40.76%)
Some college, no degree: 98 (13.32%)
Associate degree: 23 (3.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 38 (5.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (2.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 65.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 947 (100%)
Never married: 208 (21.96%)
Now married, except separated: 551 (58.18%)
Separated: 50 (5.28%)
Total Widowed: 53 (5.6%)
Widowed Female: 42 (4.44%)
Total Divorced: 85 (8.98%)
Divorced Female: 50 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 40 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (77.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 894 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 127 (14.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 365 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (9.04%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 720 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (35.97%)
----Percent employed: 60.2%
--No disability: 461 (64.03%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 113 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (58.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,198 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 497 (41.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 638 (53.26%)
--Same county: 331 (27.63%)
--Different county: 307 (25.63%)
----Same state: 89 (7.43%)
----Different state: 218 (18.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 63 (5.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,345 (100%)
Native: 1,161 (86.32%)
--Born in United States: 1,151 (100%)
----State of residence: 617 (45.87%)
----Different state: 534 (39.7%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.74%)
Foreign born: 184 (13.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 113 (8.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (2.45%)
--Not a citizen: 151 (11.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 184 (100%)
Europe: 7 (3.8%)
Asia: 5 (2.72%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 170 (92.39%)
Northern America: 2 (1.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,198 (100%)
English only: 976 (81.47%)
Language other than English: 222 (18.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (12.02%)
--Spanish: 198 (16.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 132 (11.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,345 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,263% (93.9%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.15%)
Danish: 2 (0.15%)
Dutch: 58 (4.31%)
English: 95 (7.06%)
French (except Basque): 3 (0.22%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.15%)
German: 176 (13.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 136 (10.11%)
Italian: 6 (0.45%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 20 (1.49%)
Polish: 23 (1.71%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 1 (0.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (1.26%)
Scottish: 27 (2.01%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 2 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 138 (10.26%)
Welsh: 18 (1.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.89%)
Other ancestries: 525 (39.03%)

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