El Dorado, AR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0521070, place: El Dorado city, Arkansas)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,152 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 363 (7.05%)
Kindergarten: 269 (5.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,630 (51.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,312 (25.47%)
College or graduate school: 578 (11.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,973 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,253 (8.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,454 (17.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,349 (31.12%)
Some college, no degree: 2,782 (19.91%)
Associate degree: 538 (3.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,797 (12.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 800 (5.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,764 (100%)
Never married: 4,155 (24.79%)
Now married, except separated: 8,283 (49.41%)
Separated: 575 (3.43%)
Total Widowed: 1,637 (9.76%)
Widowed Female: 1,406 (8.39%)
Total Divorced: 2,114 (12.61%)
Divorced Female: 1,267 (7.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 582 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 278 (47.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,802 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,042 (12.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,098 (100%)
--With a disability: 553 (10.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,904 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,952 (27.07%)
----Percent employed: 45%
--No disability: 7,952 (72.93%)
----Percent employed: 75.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,557 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,902 (53.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,028 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,194 (55.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,410 (41.99%)
--Same county: 5,585 (27.89%)
--Different county: 2,825 (14.11%)
----Same state: 1,313 (6.56%)
----Different state: 1,512 (7.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 424 (2.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,404 (100%)
Native: 21,071 (98.44%)
--Born in United States: 20,943 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,725 (73.47%)
----Different state: 5,218 (24.38%)
--Born outside United States: 128 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 333 (1.56%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 202 (0.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 58 (0.27%)
--Not a citizen: 275 (1.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 333 (100%)
Europe: 63 (18.92%)
Asia: 125 (37.54%)
Africa: 9 (2.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 129 (38.74%)
Northern America: 7 (2.1%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,028 (100%)
English only: 19,440 (97.06%)
Language other than English: 588 (2.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 231 (1.15%)
--Spanish: 371 (1.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 131 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 77 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,404 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,992% (79.39%)
Arab: 29 (0.14%)
Czech: 28 (0.13%)
Danish: 28 (0.13%)
Dutch: 115 (0.54%)
English: 1,363 (6.37%)
French (except Basque): 244 (1.14%)
French Canadian: 53 (0.25%)
German: 750 (3.5%)
Greek: 4 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,371 (6.41%)
Italian: 138 (0.64%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.03%)
Norwegian: 43 (0.2%)
Polish: 25 (0.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 497 (2.32%)
Scottish: 203 (0.95%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 141 (0.66%)
Swedish: 33 (0.15%)
Swiss: 49 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2,569 (12%)
Welsh: 42 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 9,261 (43.27%)

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